Resonances of Slavery in Race/Gender Relations [electronic resource] : Shadow at the Heart of American Politics /
Flax, J.author.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
America-Literatures.
Ethnicity.
Sociology.
Feminist theory.
African Americans.
North American Literature.
Ethnicity Studies.
Gender Studies.
Feminism.
African American Culture.