American Dolorologies : Pain, Sentimentalism, Biopolitics /

Offers a critical history of the role of pain, suffering, and compassion in democratic culture. <br/><br/> American Dolorologies presents a theoretically sophisticated intervention into contemporary equations of subjectivity with trauma. Simon Strick argues against a universalism of pain...

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Main Author:	Strick, Simon, 1974-
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014]
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Suffering > Social aspects. Sentimentalism. Pain > Social aspects. Civilization. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy. Sentimentalisme. Souffrance > Aspect social > États-Unis. Douleur > Aspect social > États-Unis. Suffering > Social aspects > United States. Pain > Social aspects > United States. United States. États-Unis > Civilisation. United States > Civilization. Electronic books.
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