Resonances of Slavery in Race/Gender Relations: Shadow at the Heart of American Politics

by Jane Flax

Book Overview

Introduction: We Aren't There Yet Shadow at the Heart: Race/Gender Domination and Melancholia Undoing Melancholia 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 Conclusion: Remedies and Constraints...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349291455
• ISBN13: 9781349291458
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"