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Group identifications famously pose the problem of destructive rhetoric and action against others. Cynthia Burack brings together the theory work of women of color and the tools of psychoanalysis to examine the effects of group collaborations for social justice and progressive politics. Burack's discursive analysis suggests the positive, identity-affirming aspects of group relational life for African American women. One analytic response to groups emphasizes the dangers of these identifications and exhorts people to abandon or transcend them for their own good and for the good of others. Another response understands that people feel a need for group identifications and asks how they may be made more resistant to malignant group-based discourse and action. What can black feminist thought teach scholars and democratic citizens about groups? Burack shows how the rhetoric of black feminism models reparative, rather than destructive, forms of group dialogue and action. Although it may be impossible to eliminate group identifications that provide much of the impetus for bias and violence, she argues, we can encourage more progressive forms of leadership, solidarity, and coalition politics.

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Book category Książki po angielsku Society & social sciences Psychology Psychological theory & schools of thought

• Full title: Healing Identities: Gender and the Rise of Craft Unionism
• Author: Cynthia Burack, C. Fred Alford, James M. Glass
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 224
• EAN: 9780801441462
• ISBN: 0801441463
• ID: 11520604
• Publisher: CORNELL UNIV PR
• Weight: 458 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 160 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: April 2004

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