Resonances of slavery in race/gender relations
Subtitle: shadow at the heart of American politics
By: Jane Flax
Series: Breaking feminist waves
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780230108660
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : we aren't there yet; title: Shadow at the heart : race/gender domination and the melancholia of American politics; title: Melancholia : a genealogy; title: Fabricating subjectivity : monster's ball, the deep end and crash as enactments of race/gender in the contemporary United States; title: Paradise lost : domination, citizenship and the limits of political liberalism; title: Politics for fallen angels : subjectivity, democratic citizenship, and undoing race/gender melancholia; title: In-conclusion : remedies and constraints.