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In the 21st century hardly any aspects of human existence are left unexplored by postmodern theories and discourses of subjectivity and individuality, of hybridity and identity, of race, gender and ethnicity. Conspicuous, however, among these critical inquiries is the relatively little attention devoted to the category of class. This absence is particularly alarming at a time when neo-liberalism and post- capitalism feed on cultural fragmentation and ideological relativism. The contributions in Considering Class: Essays on the Discourse of the American Dream address the (dys)functional position of class in American socio-political and cultural reality from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. While it is open to debate whether class is more resistant to being relativized than other categories, there is increasing recognition that class remains a critical category with the potential to transcend the rifts and divisions that run along lines of race, ethnicity and gender, and with the potential to reconfigure the current American political landscape.

Book details

• Full title: Considering Class
• Subtitle: Essays on the Discourse of the American Dream
• Author: Kevin Cahill, Lene Johannessen
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• EAN: 9783825802592
• ID: 01759866
• Publisher: LIT Verlag
• Dimensions: 235 × 162 mm
• Published: 2007

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