Resonances of slavery in race/gender relations: shadow at the heart of American politics

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. JANE FLAX Professor of Political Science at Howard University, USA. She isa psychotherapist in private practice and the author of 'Thinking Fragments; Disputed Subjects'; and 'The American Dream in Black and White.' INDICE: Introduction: We Aren't There Yet - Shadow at the Heart: Race/Gender Domination and Melancholia - Undoing Melancholia - 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 - Conclusion: Remedies and Constraints

• ISBN: 978-0-230-10866-0
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 236
• Fecha Publicación: 19/01/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido