Bibliograph

Resonances of slavery in race/gender relations, shadow at the heart of American politics, Jane Flax

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Resonances of slavery in race/gender relations, shadow at the heart of American politics, Jane Flax

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-205) and index

Main title

Resonances of slavery in race/gender relations

Oclc number

613646267

Responsibility statement

Jane Flax

Series statement

Breaking feminist waves

Sub title

shadow at the heart of American politics

Summary

In this book, the author argues that Americans have never properly mourned slavery and its lasting effects on American subjects and politics

Table Of Contents

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 : race/gender melancholia and the limits of political liberalism -- Politics for fallen angels : subjectivity, democratic citizenship, and undoing race/gender melancholia -- In-conclusion : remedies and constraints

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