Negotiating Civic Life : Literature, Film, Politics

Shapiro, Michael J.

Edinburgh University Press（2026/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 208 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781399545778
• DDC分類 701.03

Full Description

Focused both thematically and methodologically on diverse aspects of civic life, this book elucidates the mentalities and forces involved in the way individuals and collectives negotiate ways of being in common. The chapters feature critical interventions into the civic lives of grief, of things, of Blackness, and of trans identity.
With an emphasis on the historiographic contributions of literature, film, objects and embodied memories of events, Shapiro's textual analyses treat the way artistic genres supply the critical thinking needed to encourage a more egalitarian and convivial life world.

Contents

List of Figures
Acknowledgements

Introduction: Exploring Civic Empathy
1. The Civic Lives of Grief
2. Civic Cleansing: Willed Amnesia, Artistic Anamnesis
3. Civic Automobility: Driving White, Driving Black
4. The Civic Lives of Things: Hats and Gloves
5. The Civic Lives of Gender

Epilogue
Index