Narrating humanity : life writing and movement politics from Palestine to Mauna Kea / Cynthia G. Franklin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franklin, Cynthia G., author.

Series:

Fordham scholarship online.

Fordham scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Narration (Rhetoric)--Political aspects.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Social movements--Political aspects.

Social movements.

Human ecology--Political aspects.

Human ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 297 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2024.

Summary:

Through chapters focused on Hurricane Katrina; Black Lives Matter; the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement; and the Native Hawaiian movement to protect Mauna a Wakea, Franklin reveals how life writing can be mobilised to do more than perpetuate dominant forms of dehumanisation that underwrite violence. She contends that life narratives can help materialise ways of being human inspired by these contemporary political movements that are based on queer kinship, inter/national solidarity, abolitionist care, and decolonial connectivity among humans, more-than-humans, land, and waters. Engaging writers, artists, and activists who inspire radical forms of relationality, Franklin comes to write side-by-side with them in her own acts of narrated humanity by refusing the boundaries between autobiography, community-based activism, and literary and cultural criticism.

Contents:

Introduction: The Human in Crisis

Part 1. Narrative Humanity

Part 2. Narrated Humanity

Part 3. Narrated Humanity and Grounded Narrative Humanity.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2023.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781531504199

1531504191

9781531503741

1531503748

OCLC:

1411754274