Ghostly Matters: Haunting and the Sociological ImaginationU of Minnesota Press, 29 févr. 2008 - 252 pages “Avery Gordon’s stunningly original and provocatively imaginative book explores the connections linking horror, history, and haunting. ” —George Lipsitz “The text is of great value to anyone working on issues pertaining to the fantastic and the uncanny.” —American Studies International “Ghostly Matters immediately establishes Avery Gordon as a leader among her generation of social and cultural theorists in all fields. The sheer beauty of her language enhances an intellectual brilliance so daunting that some readers will mark the day they first read this book. One must go back many more years than most of us can remember to find a more important book.” —Charles Lemert Drawing on a range of sources, including the fiction of Toni Morrison and Luisa Valenzuela (He Who Searches), Avery Gordon demonstrates that past or haunting social forces control present life in different and more complicated ways than most social analysts presume. Written with a power to match its subject, Ghostly Matters has advanced the way we look at the complex intersections of race, gender, and class as they traverse our lives in sharp relief and shadowy manifestations. Avery F. Gordon is professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Janice Radway is professor of literature at Duke University. |
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... they provide a different sort of knowledge , a knowledge of " the things behind the things , " of the social conditions and their effects that need to be changed to ensure a more just society . As she writes , " The ghost Foreword ix.
... they provide a different sort of knowledge , a knowledge of " the things behind the things , " of the social conditions and their effects that need to be changed to ensure a more just society . As she writes , " The ghost Foreword ix.
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... ghost is not simply a dead or missing person , but a social figure , and investigating it can lead to that dense site where history and subjectivity make social life " ( 8 ) . Avery Gordon seeks a new way of knowing , then , a knowing ...
... ghost is not simply a dead or missing person , but a social figure , and investigating it can lead to that dense site where history and subjectivity make social life " ( 8 ) . Avery Gordon seeks a new way of knowing , then , a knowing ...
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... ghost to help you imagine what was lost that never even existed , really . That is its Utopian grace : to encourage a steely sorrow laced with delight for what we lost that we never had ; to long for the insight of that moment in which ...
... ghost to help you imagine what was lost that never even existed , really . That is its Utopian grace : to encourage a steely sorrow laced with delight for what we lost that we never had ; to long for the insight of that moment in which ...
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... ghosts appear when the trouble they represent and symptomize is no longer being contained or repressed or blocked ... ghost is that it has a real presence and demands its due , your attention . Haunting and the appearance of specters ...
... ghosts appear when the trouble they represent and symptomize is no longer being contained or repressed or blocked ... ghost is that it has a real presence and demands its due , your attention . Haunting and the appearance of specters ...
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... ghosts — ghost airplanes , ghost prisons , ghost " detainees " —on the front page of the newspapers . War , slavery , captivity , authoritarianism , the theft of culture and of the means for creating autonomous , sustainable life , the ...
... ghosts — ghost airplanes , ghost prisons , ghost " detainees " —on the front page of the newspapers . War , slavery , captivity , authoritarianism , the theft of culture and of the means for creating autonomous , sustainable life , the ...
Table des matières
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2 Distractions | 31 |
3 The other door its floods of tears with consolation enclosed | 63 |
4 Not only the footprints but the water too and what is down there | 137 |
5 There are crossroads | 193 |
Notes | 209 |
Bibliography | 225 |
Index | 243 |
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Ghostly Matters: Haunting and the Sociological Imagination Avery Gordon Aucun aperçu disponible - 1997 |
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