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Humanitarian identity and the political sublime : intervention of a postcolonial feminist / Ashmita Khasnabish.

Author/creator Khasnabish, Ashmita, 1959-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoLanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2009.
Descriptionxxi, 167 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Feminist psychology.
Psychoanalysis and feminism.
Affect (Psychology)--Social aspects.
Contents Negotiating the material/political identity within the psychic -- Jouissance, Ananda, and feeling the difference -- Postcolonial feminine sublime -- Repression due to colonization -- The psychic versus the social in Brennan and Kincaid -- Shalimar the clown and the psychical fantasy of woman -- The political sublime -- The theme of globalization in Kincaid's Among flowers -- Savitri and the political sublime -- Conclusion : the political sublime.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 159-162) and index.
LCCN 2008048727
ISBN9780739122921 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0739122924 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780739134948 (electronic)
ISBN0739134949 (electronic)

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