Identity, Mediation, and the Cunning of Capital

(Part of the Critical Insurgencies Series)

by Ani Maitra

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In Identity, Mediation, and the Cunning of Capital, Ani Maitra urgently calls for a reevaluation of identity politics as an aesthetic maneuver regulated by capitalism. A dominant critical trend in the humanities, Maitra argues, is to dismiss or embrace identity through the formal properties of a privileged aesthetic medium such as literature, cinema, or even the performative body. In contrast, he demonstrates that identity politics becomes...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0810141795

ISBN13:9780810141797

Release Date:May 2020

Publisher:Northwestern University Press

Length:312 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.8"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Social Science Social Sciences

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