The Melancholy of Race: Psychoanalysis, Assimilation, and Hidden Grief by: Cheng, Anne Anlin

The Melancholy of Race: Psychoanalysis, Assimilation, and Hidden Grief by: Cheng, Anne Anlin

Softcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 271 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book proposes that racial grief is a foundation for racial identity, suggesting that racial identification is itself already a melancholy act. It explores examples from culture and life to show how racial melancholia permeates our fantasies of citizenship, assimilation, and social health. Previous owner's light highlighting in pencil is present throughout, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34293
Price: $55.00 
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