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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Duke University Press
ISBN-10
0822329387
ISBN-13
9780822329381
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102829069
Product Key Features
Book Title
Materializing Democracy : Toward a Revitalized Cultural Politics
Number of Pages
440 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Political Ideologies / Democracy
Publication Year
2002
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science
Book Series
New Americanists Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
27.9 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2001-008514
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"The editors of Materializing Democracy have a vision--an activist vision--that, combined with rigorous analysis and scholarship, imparts an unusual energy and excitement to this volume."--Priscilla Wald, author of Constituting Americans: Cultural Anxiety and Narrative Form, “ Materializing Democracy is an excellent and exciting collection of essays by a group of distinguished scholars who together address both the promises and limits of current and historical practices and theories of American democracy. This book will appeal to scholars and students across the disciplines who are interested in the intersection of culture, politics, national identity, and citizenship.�-Amy Kaplan, coeditor of Cultures of United States Imperialism, " Materializing Democracy is an excellent and exciting collection of essays by a group of distinguished scholars who together address both the promises and limits of current and historical practices and theories of American democracy. This book will appeal to scholars and students across the disciplines who are interested in the intersection of culture, politics, national identity, and citizenship."--Amy Kaplan, coeditor of Cultures of United States Imperialism "The editors of Materializing Democracy have a vision--an activist vision--that, combined with rigorous analysis and scholarship, imparts an unusual energy and excitement to this volume."--Priscilla Wald, author of Constituting Americans: Cultural Anxiety and Narrative Form, " Materializing Democracy is an excellent and exciting collection of essays by a group of distinguished scholars who together address both the promises and limits of current and historical practices and theories of American democracy. This book will appeal to scholars and students across the disciplines who are interested in the intersection of culture, politics, national identity, and citizenship."--Amy Kaplan, coeditor of Cultures of United States Imperialism, “The editors of Materializing Democracy have a vision-an activist vision-that, combined with rigorous analysis and scholarship, imparts an unusual energy and excitement to this volume.�-Priscilla Wald, author of Constituting Americans: Cultural Anxiety and Narrative Form, "The book's introduction does an excellent job of tying together these wide-ranging articles, and the organization of the chapter also enhances the coherence of this work."-Pippa Halloway, The Journal of American History"This collection responds in significant ways to the need for a new cultural politics in the pedagogy, study, and practice of American studies. . . . The value of this volume is its diverse yet coherent criticism of democracy as a historically specific political concept and Utopian alternatives to what has thus far remained our supreme fiction: democratic equality and justice for all."-John Carlos Rowe, American QuarterlyListed in CHE, Cultural Critique, and Critical Inquiry. Reviewed in Choice., " Materializing Democracy is an excellent and exciting collection of essays by a group of distinguished scholars who together address both the promises and limits of current and historical practices and theories of American democracy. This book will appeal to scholars and students across the disciplines who are interested in the intersection of culture, politics, national identity, and citizenship."-Amy Kaplan, coeditor of Cultures of United States Imperialism, "The editors of Materializing Democracy have a vision-an activist vision-that, combined with rigorous analysis and scholarship, imparts an unusual energy and excitement to this volume."-Priscilla Wald, author of Constituting Americans: Cultural Anxiety and Narrative Form, "The book's introduction does an excellent job of tying together these wide-ranging articles, and the organization of the chapter also enhances the coherence of this work."--Pippa Halloway, The Journal of American History "This collection responds in significant ways to the need for a new cultural politics in the pedagogy, study, and practice of American studies. . . . The value of this volume is its diverse yet coherent criticism of democracy as a historically specific political concept and Utopian alternatives to what has thus far remained our supreme fiction: democratic equality and justice for all."--John Carlos Rowe, American Quarterly Listed in CHE, Cultural Critique, and Critical Inquiry. Reviewed in Choice.
Dewey Decimal
321.8
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction: Materializing Democracy and Other Political Fantasies / Russ Castronovo and Dana D. Nelson Tocqueville's Democratic Thing; or, Aristocracy in America / Donald E. Pease Legal Slaves and Civil Bodies / Joan Dayan Mexicans in a Material World: From John Wayne's The Alamo to Stand-up Democracy on the Border / Richard R. Flores Souls That Matter: Social Death and the Pedagogy of Democratic Citizenship / Russ Castronovo Uncle Sam Needs a Wife: Citizenship and Denegation / Lauren Berlant The New Homonormativity: The Sexual Politics of Neoliberalism / Lisa Duggan The Genealogy of a Democratic Crush / Chris Castiglia Representative/Democracy: The Political Work of Countersymbolic Representation / Dana D. Nelson Rethinking Space, Rethinking Rights: Literature, Law, and Science / Wai Chee Dimock A Long Foreground: Re-Materializing the History of Native American Relations to Mass Culture / Michael Moon From Center to Margin: Internationalism and the Origins of Black Feminism / Kevin Gaines Democratic Passions: Reconstructing Individual Agency / Christopher Newfield Anti-Ideology: Education and Politics as Democratic Practices / Jeffrey C. Goldfarb Moralism as Antipolitics / Wendy Brown Works Cited Contributors Index
Synopsis
For the most part, democracy is simply presumed to exist in the United States. It is viewed as a completed project rather than as a goal to be achieved. Fifteen leading scholars challenge that stasis in Materializing Democracy . They aim to reinvigorate the idea of democracy by placing it in the midst of a contentious political and cultural fray, which, the volume's editors argue, is exactly where it belongs. Drawing on literary criticism, cultural studies, history, legal studies, and political theory, the essays collected here highlight competing definitions and practices of democracy-in politics, society, and, indeed, academia. Covering topics ranging from rights discourse to Native American performance, from identity politics to gay marriage, and from rituals of public mourning to the Clinton-Lewinsky affair, the contributors seek to understand the practices, ideas, and material conditions that enable or foreclose democracy's possibilities. Through readings of subjects as diverse as Will Rogers, Alexis de Tocqueville, slave narratives, interactions along the Texas-Mexico border, and liberal arts education, the contributors also explore ways of making democracy available for analysis. Materializing Democracy suggests that attention to disparate narratives is integral to the development of more complex, vibrant versions of democracy. Contributors . Lauren Berlant, Wendy Brown, Chris Castiglia, Russ Castronovo, Joan Dayan, Wai Chee Dimock, Lisa Duggan, Richard R. Flores, Kevin Gaines, Jeffrey C. Goldfarb, Michael Moon, Dana D. Nelson, Christopher Newfield, Donald E. Pease, For the most part, democracy is simply presumed to exist in the United States. It is viewed as a completed project rather than as a goal to be achieved. Fifteen leading scholars challenge that stasis in Materializing Democracy . They aim to reinvigorate the idea of democracy by placing it in the midst of a contentious political and cultural fray, which, the volume's editors argue, is exactly where it belongs. Drawing on literary criticism, cultural studies, history, legal studies, and political theory, the essays collected here highlight competing definitions and practices of democracy--in politics, society, and, indeed, academia. Covering topics ranging from rights discourse to Native American performance, from identity politics to gay marriage, and from rituals of public mourning to the Clinton-Lewinsky affair, the contributors seek to understand the practices, ideas, and material conditions that enable or foreclose democracy's possibilities. Through readings of subjects as diverse as Will Rogers, Alexis de Tocqueville, slave narratives, interactions along the Texas-Mexico border, and liberal arts education, the contributors also explore ways of making democracy available for analysis. Materializing Democracy suggests that attention to disparate narratives is integral to the development of more complex, vibrant versions of democracy. Contributors . Lauren Berlant, Wendy Brown, Chris Castiglia, Russ Castronovo, Joan Dayan, Wai Chee Dimock, Lisa Duggan, Richard R. Flores, Kevin Gaines, Jeffrey C. Goldfarb, Michael Moon, Dana D. Nelson, Christopher Newfield, Donald E. Pease, Investigates the complex histories and conflicting desires that are generally concealed behind the term "democracy."
LC Classification Number
JK1726
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