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Political mourning : identity and responsibility in the wake of tragedy / Heather Pool.
- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Pool, Heather N., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955--Death and burial--Public opinion.
- Till, Emmett.
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955.
- Triangle Shirtwaist Company--Fire, 1911--Public opinion.
- Triangle Shirtwaist Company.
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Public opinion.
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
- Public opinion.
- Black lives matter movement--Public opinion.
- Black lives matter movement.
- Grief--Political aspects--United States.
- Grief.
- Bereavement--Political aspects--United States.
- Bereavement.
- Social problems--United States--Case studies.
- Social problems.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Academic theses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 239 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction. The Rise of Black Lives Matter
- Why Do Some Deaths Matter Politically?
- Chapter One: Making Mourning Political
- Death and Politics
- Making Mourning Political
- Identity and the Borders of Belonging
- Responsibility
- A Process Model of Political Mourning
- Tracing Political Mourning in Politics
- Chapter Two: The Triangle Fire: State Responsibility for White Workers
- Making Loss Visible: The Strike, the Fire, and a March of Mourning
- Agency, Collective Responsibility, and Political Change
- Why Did this Fire Matter?
- Chapter Three: Mourning Emmett Till: Federal Responsibility for Racial Violence
- Contested Identities: Race and Law
- Making Loss and Mourning Visible
- The Failure of Law and Recognition of Collective Responsibility
- Mobilizing Mourning for Political Change
- Chapter Four: September 11: Sovereign Mourning
- Rejecting International Responsibility
- Contested Identities and American Responses to Terrorism Before 9/11
- Depoliticizing Visibility: Intimate Loss and Public Spectacle
- Political Actors Taking Their Grief-Wrath Public to Make War Instead of Law
- Eschewing Law and Responsibility
- Political Change: The PATRIOT Act and the War on Terror
- Conclusion: Sovereign Mourning
- Chapter Five: The Democratic Deficit of All Lives Matter
- Black Lives Matter as Political Mourning
- The Democratic Deficit of All Lives Matter
- The Embodied Democracy of Black Lives Matter
- Conclusion
- Chapter Six: Conclusion
- The (Normatively Desirable) Possibilities of Political Mourning
- The (Normatively Undesirable) Possibilities of Political Mourning
- Unanswered Questions
- Afterword: The COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020.
- Notes:
- This work is based in part on the author's dissertation in Political Science from the University of Washington.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 12, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Pool, Heather N. Political mourning.
- ISBN:
- 9781439918944
- 1439918945
- Publisher Number:
- 40030669321
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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