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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826187003321

Autore

Flax J

Titolo

Resonances of Slavery in Race/Gender Relations : Shadow at the Heart of American Politics / / by J. Flax

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2010

ISBN

1-283-06690-4

9786613066909

0-230-11746-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2010.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

Breaking Feminist Waves

Disciplina

305.800973

Soggetti

America—Literatures

Ethnicity

Sociology

Feminist theory

African Americans

North American Literature

Ethnicity Studies

Gender Studies

Feminism

African American Culture

United States Race relations Philosophy

United States Politics and government

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

Introduction : we aren't there yet -- Shadow at the heart : race/gender domination and the melancholia of American politics -- Melancholia : a genealogy -- Fabricating subjectivity : monster's ball, the deep end and crash as enactments of race/gender in the contemporary United States -- Paradise lost : domination, citizenship and the limits of political liberalism -- Politics for fallen angels : subjectivity, democratic citizenship, and undoing race/gender melancholia -- In-conclusion : remedies and constraints.



Sommario/riassunto

Jane Flax argues that a reciprocal relationship exists between unconscious processes and race/gender domination and that unless we attend to these unconscious processes, no adequate remedy for the malignant consequences of our current race/gender practices and relations can be devised. Flax supports her arguments using a variety of sources.