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1 online resource (237 pages) |
| Contents |
Coverpage; TItle; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction We Aren't There Yet; 1 Shadow at the Heart: Race/Gender Domination andthe Melancholia of American Politics; 2 Melancholia: A Genealogy; 3 Fabricating Subjectivity: Monster's Ball, The Deep End, and Crash as Enactments of Race/Gender in the Contemporary United States; 4 Paradise Lost: Race/Gender Melancholia and the Limits of Political Liberalism; 5 Politics for Fallen Angels: Subjectivity, Democratic Citizenship, and Undoing Race/Gender Melancholia; 6 In-Conclusion: Remedies and Constraints |
| Summary |
Jane Flax argues that a reciprocal relationship exists between unconscious processes and race/gender domination. She then advances the idea 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. Wide-ranging, Flax supports her arguments using a variety of sources, including psychoanalytic theory, feminist theory, political theory, Michel Foucault's writings, President Obama's books and speeches, critical race theory, data on race/gender disparities, and analysis of contemporary |
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NotesReferences; Index |
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Slavery -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
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African Americans -- Social conditions.
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Melancholy -- Social aspects -- United States
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Slavery -- United States -- Psychological aspects
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Sex discrimination against women -- United States
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Racism -- United States -- Philosophy
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Race discrimination -- United States.
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Ethnic studies -- USA.
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Gender studies, gender groups -- USA.
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Society.
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African Americans -- Social conditions
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Melancholy -- Social aspects
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Politics and government
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Race discrimination
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Race relations -- Philosophy
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Racism -- Philosophy
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Sex discrimination against women
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Slavery -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Slavery -- Psychological aspects
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United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410
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United States -- Race relations -- Philosophy
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United States
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780230117464 |
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0230117465 |
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1283066904 |
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9781283066907 |
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