LEADER 02347nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910822950003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8166-5394-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000482441 035 $a(EBL)328393 035 $a(OCoLC)476125780 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000187480 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11182502 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000187480 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10143295 035 $a(PQKB)11068647 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC328393 035 $a(OCoLC)191729124 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse39322 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL328393 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10212632 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL522375 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000482441 100 $a20070404d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aKindred specters $edeath, mourning, and American affinity /$fChristopher Peterson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (200 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-4984-7 311 $a0-8166-4983-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aGiving up the geist -- Beloved's claim -- The haunted house of kinship -- The kinship of strangers, or beyond affiliation. 330 $aProbing Derrida's notion of spectrality as well as Orlando Patterson's concept of O?social death,O? Christopher Peterson examines how death, mourning, and violence condition all kinship relations.Tracing the connections between kinship and mourning in American literature and culture, Peterson argues that socially dead O?othersO? can be reanimated only if we avow the mortality and mourning that lie at the root of all kinship relations. 606 $aDeath in literature 606 $aMourning customs in literature 606 $aKinship in literature 615 0$aDeath in literature. 615 0$aMourning customs in literature. 615 0$aKinship in literature. 676 $a810.9/3548 700 $aPeterson$b Christopher$f1972-$01657907 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822950003321 996 $aKindred specters$94065468 997 $aUNINA