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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791654603321

Autore

Scott Darieck

Titolo

Extravagant abjection [[electronic resource] ] : blackness, power, and sexuality in the African American literary imagination / / Darieck Scott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8147-8654-5

0-8147-4135-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

Sexual cultures

Disciplina

813.5409896073

Soggetti

Abjection in literature

African American men in literature

American fiction - African American authors - History and criticism

Homosexuality in literature

Pornography in literature

Power (Social sciences) in literature

Race relations in literature

Rape in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Fanon’s Muscles -- 2. “A Race That Could Be So Dealt With” -- 3. Slavery, Rape, and the Black Male Abject -- 4. The Occupied Territory -- 5. Porn and the N-Word -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Challenging the conception of empowerment associated with the Black Power Movement and its political and intellectual legacies in the present, Darieck Scott contends that power can be found not only in martial resistance, but, surprisingly, where the black body has been inflicted with harm or humiliation.Theorizing the relation between blackness and abjection by foregrounding often neglected depictions of the sexual exploitation and humiliation of men in works by James Weldon Johnson, Toni Morrison, Amiri Baraka, and Samuel R. Delany, Extravagant Abjection asks: If we’re racialized through domination and abjection, what is the political, personal, and psychological potential in



racialization-through-abjection? Using the figure of male rape as a lens through which to examine this question, Scott argues that blackness in relation to abjection endows its inheritors with a form of counter-intuitive power—indeed, what can be thought of as a revised notion of black power. This power is found at the point at which ego, identity, body, race, and nation seem to reveal themselves as utterly penetrated and compromised, without defensible boundary. Yet in Extravagant Abjection, “power” assumes an unexpected and paradoxical form.In arguing that blackness endows its inheritors with a surprising form of counter–intuitive power—as a resource for the political present—found at the very point of violation, Extravagant Abjection enriches our understanding of the construction of black male identity.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788966403321

Autore

Richarz Clemens

Titolo

Energy efficiency refurbishments : principles, details, examples / / Clemens Richarz, Christina Schulz ; illustrations, Ralph Donhauser ; translation, Sharon Heidenreich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Munich : , : Architektur-Dokumentation GmbH & Company, , 2013

ISBN

3-95553-154-6

3-95553-143-0

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 p.)

Collana

DETAIL Green Books

Altri autori (Persone)

SchulzChristina

DonhauserRalph

HeidenreichSharon

Disciplina

144

Soggetti

Buildings - Energy conservation

Architecture and energy conservation

Buildings - Repair and reconstruction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Principles -- Construction-related measures -- Building services measures -- Project analyses -- Appendix



Sommario/riassunto

The sustainable renovation of older buildings involves more than just an improvement of their energy footprint â€" and it is due to the complexity of the issue why architects are destined to take on this task. The book, Energy efficiency refurbishments, was written by architects for architects. It shows how design, construction and systems engineering carried out during the renovation of diverse types of buildings fit together.