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Denise Riley - The Words of Selves. Identification, Solidarity, Irony.  - 9780804736725 - V9780804736725
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The Words of Selves. Identification, Solidarity, Irony.

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Description for The Words of Selves. Identification, Solidarity, Irony. hardcover. In this extended meditation on the language of the self within contemporary social politics, the author ponders the question: What does it matter what you say about yourself? She studies why the requirement to be a something-or-other should be so hard to satisfy in a manner that rings true in the ears of its own subject. Series: Atopia: Philosophy, Political Theory, Aesthetics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.

Marlene Dietrich had the last line in Orson Welles's A Touch of Evil: "What does it matter what you say about other people?" The author ponders the question: What does it matter what you say about yourself? She wonders why the requirement to be a something-or-other should be so hard to satisfy in a manner that rings true in the ears of its own subject. She decides that some hesitations and awkwardness in inhabiting many categories of the person—including those celebrated by what is sometimes termed identity politics—need not evidence either psychological weakness or political lack of nerve.

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This extended meditation on the language of the self within contemporary social politics also considers the lyrical "I" and linguistic emotionality, the historical status of irony, and the possibilities of a nonidentitarian solidarity that is unapologetically alert to the affect of language.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Atopia: Philosophy, Political Theory, Aesthetics
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804736725
SKU
V9780804736725
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Ref
99-50

About Denise Riley
Denise Riley is Reader in the School of English and American Studies at the University of East Anglia. She is the author, most recently, of Am I That Name?: The Category of 'Women' in History.

Reviews for The Words of Selves. Identification, Solidarity, Irony.
"This is a remarkable book, eloquent and imaginative, witty and learned, brilliant and intellectually nuanced. It redefines a knot of difficult issues concerning language, subjectivity, and politics that have claimed critical attention for many years. Riley offers a new vocabulary and a new problematic for approaching these topics and thus rewrites some of the most seemingly intractable debates in contemporary ... Read more

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