Mourning in America : Race and the Politics of Loss /

Recent years have brought public mourning to the heart of American politics, as exemplified by the spread and power of the Black Lives Matter movement, which has gained force through its identification of pervasive social injustices with individual losses. The deaths of Sandra Bland, Michael Brown,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McIvor, David W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2016]
Temas:
African Americans > Violence against > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Violence against > History > 21st century.
African Americans > Violence against.
Bereavement > Political aspects > United States.
Black lives matter movement.
Collective memory > Political aspects > United States.
Grief > Political aspects > United States.
Discrimination & Race Relations.
Political Science & Political History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface: Mourning in America
  • 1. The Politics of Mourning in America: From the Greensboro Massacre to the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission
  • 2. To Join in Hate: Antigone and the Agonistic Politics of Mourning
  • 3. The Imaginary City: Consensual Mourning from Pericles to John Rawls
  • 4. "There Is Trouble Here. There Is More to Come": Greek Tragedy and the Work of Mourning
  • 5. A Splintering and Shattering Activity: Truth, Reconciliation, Mourning
  • Afterword: Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Work of Mourning
  • Notes
  • Index

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