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Materializing Democracy: Toward a Revitalized Cultural Politics
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Description for Materializing Democracy: Toward a Revitalized Cultural Politics
Paperback. Investigates the complex histories and conflicting desires that are generally concealed behind the term "democracy." Editor(s): Castronovo, Russ; Nelson, Dana D. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 668.
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.
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.
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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
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Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
New Americanists
Condition
New
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822329381
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V9780822329381
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About Castronovo
Russ Castronovo is Jean Wall Bennett Professor of English and American Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of Necro Citizenship: Death, Eroticism, and the Public Sphere in the Nineteenth-Century United States, published by Duke University Press. Dana D. Nelson is Professor of English and Social Theory at the University of Kentucky and author of National Manhood: Capitalist Citizenship and ... Read more
Reviews for Materializing Democracy: Toward a Revitalized Cultural Politics
“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 ... Read more