Chapter 6: Critical Conversations at the Boundary between Life and Death.

Chapter 6 of the book "Raising the Dead" is presented. It places several critics in conversation with one another, demonstrating that critical maneuvers are often figuratively placed at the boundary between the living and the dead. The discussion presented is informed by feminist theories of the mar...

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Publicado en:Raising the Dead: Readings of Death & (Black) Subjectivity pp. 149 - 172
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Publicado: Duke University Press 2000
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Sumario:Chapter 6 of the book "Raising the Dead" is presented. It places several critics in conversation with one another, demonstrating that critical maneuvers are often figuratively placed at the boundary between the living and the dead. The discussion presented is informed by feminist theories of the margin, coupled with theories of liminality and pollution from the discourse of anthropology. Popular new age and spiritual forms of discourse are given.