...Chronicles of the Hostile Sun ...

... Sigmund Freud hostility reparation merycism melancholia ...

... The introduction outlines the two key strands of argument in the book: first, the claim that biological data about depression can be used in feminist theories about minded and bodily states; second, the claim that hostility is intrinsic to feminist politics. It previews the kinds of conceptual...

... This chapter considers the relation between depression and hostility and feminist politics. The chapter begins by discussing the importance of thinking about depression as a kind of aggression directed outward, arguing that the popular anger-turned-inward hypothesis of depression is less useful...

... This 1998 interview of Urvashi Vaid by David Barsamian of Alternative Radio covers a range of topics. They include, among others, the goals of the LGBTQ movement, hostility toward gay people by Christian nationalists, changes in gender roles, the influence of identity politics, the resurgence...

... This chapter reviews the ubiquity of anti-distributionist sentiment in the domains both of scholarship and of practical policymaking and explores the masculinist and misogynistic bases of such hostility toward distribution. It then notes certain reasons to believe that this state of affairs may...

... knowledge and the skills to do the increasingly important work of migrant advocacy in this politically hostile context. Because of the immense emotional strain of student activism during this time period, community building was as important as, if not more important than, this urgent educational work...

... of multiculturalism in Norway, and the other accounted for an honor killing in a migrant family from Kurdistan. In such cases of polarized moral passions, the efforts to render the complexity of the situation and maintain a critical stance are met with suspicious or even hostile reactions from all sides...

... a brief foray through the world of entomology to consider insects as plastic life. This chapter argues that the plasticity of various insect species, particularly their ability to mutate in response to hostile environments, has led to their absorption into global biopolitical regimes that remain deeply...

.... In this account, Pasolini’s adaptation to the given constitutes a new, and provocatively hostile, relation to the damaged world. Pasolini’s cinematic cruelty, like his unsparingly critical essay, offers a point of departure for a thought of the worst that dwells outside politics after its utter catastrophe...

... individuals from the popular classes, many of whom had lived through the experience of slavery or were free or freed blacks. It also analyzes the growing hostility of the urban popular classes toward the continuation of slavery. This took form by popular groups interfering with the imprisonment of escaped...

... Chapter 3 connects the modes of performance in everyday life that Fresh Start residents employ to most effectively maneuver and assert their cultural and personal sensibilities within hostile contexts. As the word play in the title suggests, Black girls’ self-presentations are frequently...

... the presence of the ruler but also render his distributed personhood vulnerable to defacement by hostile citizens. Current digital practices may seem to proffer the utopia of “borderless” images but in practice open the citizenry to state surveillance. Photography emerges as a key facilitator of the current...

... The introduction offers a brief history of the island as it passed from colonial territories into independence. It situates the question of Caribbean independence in comparison with Latin American independence movements unfolding simultaneously. International scrutiny and hostility toward...

... the idea of charity and hospitality toward refugees with hostility to cultural difference and the economic costs of supporting refugees. The myths claim that Somali refugees got a free ride to come to the United States, where they are given free apartments and cars while they drain welfare coffers, engage...

... Ruddick’s Maternal Thinking. In the first (brief) period, feminist writers tried to pry women away from the assumption that they must mother. The second period was a time of exploring women’s actual and complex experience of mothering in the often-hostile environment of patriarchy. The third period...

... conservative) state. The piece argues for radical thinking about sexuality, for exploration instead of defensive strategies, and it suggests possible sources of the hostile images to be found in some pornography. feminist anti-pornography movement Feminist Anti-Censorship Taskforce (FACT) feminist...