Loneliness, Grief and the (Un)Caring State
This essay analyzes Claudia Rankine’s Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric (2004) from the perspective of “ugly feelings” (Ngai 2005) such as disavowed mourning (Butler, 2004, xiv) or loneliness in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Following Butler’s contention of the hindered possibility for...
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Università degli Studi di Torino
2022-12-01
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| Series: | JAm It! |
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| Online Access: | https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/jamit/article/view/6801 |