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The ruse of repair : US neoliberal empire and the turn from critique /

Beginning with Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, prominent literary and queer studies scholars have eschewed Marxist and Foucauldian critique and hailed the 'reparative' mode as a more humane and humble way of approaching literature and culture. This commitment to repair as kinder and more ethical ap...

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Main Author:	Stuelke, Patricia Rachael, 1979- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Durham, North Carolina : Duke University Press, [2021].
Subjects:	Neoliberalism and literature > United States. American literature > 21st century > History and criticism. American literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century. Politics and literature > United States > History > 20th century.

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