Affective Relations: The Transnational Politics of Empathy (Thinking Gender in Transnational Times)

Brand: MACMILLAN

Author: Pedwell, C.

Edition: 2014

Number Of Pages: 273

EAN: 9781137275257

Release Date: 05-09-2014

Languages: English

Binding: hardcover

Package Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches

Details: Exploring the ambivalent grammar of empathy where questions of geo-politics and social justice are at stake - in popular science, international development, postcolonial fiction, feminist and queer theory - this book addresses the critical implications of empathy's uneven effects. It offers a vital transnational perspective on the 'turn to affect'.