{"product_id":"materializing-democracy-toward-a-revitalized-cultural-politics-9780822329381","title":"Materializing Democracy: Toward a Revitalized Cultural Politics","description":"For the most part, democracy is simply presumed to exist in the United States. It is viewed as a completed project rather than as a goal to be achieved. Fifteen leading scholars challenge that stasis in \u003ci\u003eMaterializing Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e. They aim to reinvigorate the idea of democracy by placing it in the midst of a contentious political and cultural fray, which, the volume's editors argue, is exactly where it belongs. Drawing on literary criticism, cultural studies, history, legal studies, and political theory, the essays collected here highlight competing definitions and practices of democracy-in politics, society, and, indeed, academia.\u003cp\u003eCovering topics ranging from rights discourse to Native American performance, from identity politics to gay marriage, and from rituals of public mourning to the Clinton-Lewinsky affair, the contributors seek to understand the practices, ideas, and material conditions that enable or foreclose democracy's possibilities. Through readings of subjects as diverse as Will Rogers, Alexis de Tocqueville, slave narratives, interactions along the Texas-Mexico border, and liberal arts education, the contributors also explore ways of making democracy available for analysis. \u003ci\u003eMaterializing Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e suggests that attention to disparate narratives is integral to the development of more complex, vibrant versions of democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors\u003c\/i\u003e. Lauren Berlant, Wendy Brown, Chris Castiglia, Russ Castronovo, Joan Dayan, Wai Chee Dimock, Lisa Duggan, Richard R. Flores, Kevin Gaines, Jeffrey C. Goldfarb, Michael Moon, Dana D. Nelson, Christopher Newfield, Donald E. Pease\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Russ Castronovo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.16w x 1.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822329381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2003 pg. 1057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuss Castronovo is Jean Wall Bennett Professor of English and American Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of \u003ci\u003eNecro Citizenship: Death, Eroticism, and the Public Sphere in the Nineteenth-Century United States, \u003c\/i\u003epublished by Duke University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDana D. Nelson is Professor of English and Social Theory at the University of Kentucky and author of \u003ci\u003eNational Manhood: Capitalist Citizenship and the Imagined Fraternity of White Men, \u003c\/i\u003e also published by Duke University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40473703776371,"sku":"9.78082E+12","price":55.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f2fa7b26-0853-4a6d-82a8-3cfb0bb87855.jpg?v=1664373587","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/materializing-democracy-toward-a-revitalized-cultural-politics-9780822329381","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}