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Kinship and Collective Action: in Literature and Culture

Book information

Publisher
Narr Francke Attempto; 1. Edition
Year
2020
ISBN
3823383507, 9783823383505
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2776063 bytes)
Series
Challenges: Herausforderungen für die Geisteswissenschaft
Pages
291\292
Time added
2024-11-18 08:29:43

Description

"Make kin, not babies!", Donna Haraway demands in an attempt to offer new and creative ways of thinking what kinship might mean in an age of ecological devastation. At the same time, the emergence of a seemingly new culture of public protest and political opinion has provoked scholars such as Judith Butler to address the contexts and dynamics of public collective action. This volume explores the dynamic relationship between structures of kinship and the (material) conditions under which collective action emerges from a literary and cultural studies perspective. How are kinship and collective action negotiated in literature, the arts, or in specific historical moments, and how does this affect the role of representation? How have both concepts developed over time, and what can we infer from this for questions of kinship and collective action today?

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