Writing Beyond the State: Post-Sovereign Approaches to Human Rights in Literary Studies (1st ed. 2020) (Palgrave Studies in Literature, Culture and Human Rights)

By: Samantha Pinto and Alexandra S. Moore

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Synopsis: This book investigates the imaginative capacities of literature, art and culture as sites for reimagining human rights, addressing deep historical and structural forms of belonging and unbelonging; the rise of xenophobia, neoliberal governance, and securitization that result in the purposeful precaritization of marginalized populations; ecological damage that threatens us all, yet the burdens of which are distributed unequally; and the possibility of decolonial and posthuman approaches to rights discourses. The book starts from the premise that there are deep-seated limits to the political possibilities of state and individual sovereignty in terms of protecting human rights around the world. The essays explore how different forms, materials, perspectives, and aesthetics can help reveal the limits of normative human rights and contribute to the cultural production of new human rights imaginaries beyond the borders of state and self.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783030344566
Related ISBNs:: 9783030344559
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 05/26/20
Copyrighted By:: Springer
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Language Arts, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Samantha Pinto
Edited by:: Alexandra S. Moore