Flax, Jane.

Resonances of slavery in race/gender relations shadow at the heart of American politics / [electronic resource] : Jane Flax. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2010. - xii, 223 p. - Breaking feminist waves . - Breaking feminist waves. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : we aren't there yet -- Shadow at the heart : race/gender domination and the melancholia of American politics -- Melancholia : a genealogy -- 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 -- In-conclusion : remedies and constraints.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Racism--Philosophy.--United States
Race discrimination--United States.
Sex discrimination against women--United States.
Slavery--Psychological aspects.--United States
Slavery--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Melancholy--Social aspects--United States.
African Americans--Social conditions.


United States--Race relations--Philosophy.
United States--Politics and government.


Electronic books.

E185.625 / .F53 2010

305.800973