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Death beyond disavowal : the impossible politics of difference / Grace Kyungwon Hong.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hong, Grace Kyungwon, author.
Series:
Difference incorporated.
Difference Incorporated
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Feminist theory.
Racism.
Discrimination.
Death--Political aspects.
Death.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (207 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Minneapolis, Minnesota ; London, England : University of Minnesota Press, 2015.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
'Death Beyond Disavowal' utilises 'difference' as theorised by women of colour feminists to analyse works of cultural production by people of colour as expressing a powerful antidote to the erasures of contemporary neoliberalism.
Contents:
Introduction: neoliberal disavowal and the politics of the impossible
Fun with death and dismemberment: irony, farce, and nationalist memorialization
On being wrong and feeling right: Cherrie Moraga and Audre Lorde
Blues futurity and queer improvisation
Bringing out the dead: black feminism's prophetic vision
Epilogue: life, death, and everything in between.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
1-4529-5235-3
1-4529-4549-7
OCLC:
920466703

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