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. She then advances the idea that unless we attend to these unconscious processes, no adequate remedy for the malignant consequences of our current race/gender practices and relations can b...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Basingstoke :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2010.
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| Summary: | Jane Flax argues that a reciprocal relationship exists between unconscious processes and race/gender domination. She then advances the idea 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. Wide-ranging, Flax supports her arguments using a variety of sources, including psychoanalytic theory, feminist theory, political theory, Michel Foucault's writings, President Obama's books and speeches, critical race theory, data on race/gender disparities, and analysis of contemporary. |
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| Item Description: | NotesReferences; Index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (237 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780230117464 0230117465 1283066904 9781283066907 |