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

• Autore: Flax J
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2010.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (237 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.800973
• Soggetto topico: America—Literatures; Ethnicity; Sociology; Feminist theory; African Americans; North American Literature; Ethnicity Studies; Gender Studies; Feminism; African American Culture
• Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations Philosophy; United States Politics and government
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Resonances of Slavery in Race
• ISBN: 1-283-06690-4; 9786613066909; 0-230-11746-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789860503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Breaking Feminist Waves