Negotiating civic life : literature, film, politics /

"Focused both thematically and methodologically on diverse aspects of civic life, this book elucidates the mentalities and forces involved in the way individuals and collectives negotiate ways of being in common. The chapters feature critical interventions into the civic lives of grief, of thin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shapiro, Michael J. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2025]
Subjects:	Art and society. Citizenship in literature. Citizenship in motion pictures. Politics and literature. Motion pictures > Political aspects. Art > Political aspects. Art and popular culture. Art et société. Art et culture populaire. Politique et littérature.

Table of Contents:

List of figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction : exploring civic empathy
1. The civic lives of grief
2. Civic cleansing : willed amnesia, artistic anamnesis
3. Civic automobility : driving white, driving black
4. The civic lives of things : hats and gloves
5. The civic lives of gender : disruptive and enabling "monstrosities"
Epilogue
Index