Witnessing : beyond recognition / Kelly Oliver.

  • Oliver, Kelly, 1958-
Date:
©2001
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Publication/Creation

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, ©2001.

Physical description

ix, 251 pages ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-236) and index.

Contents

Introduction : Beyond recognition -- Domination, multiculturalism, and the pathology of recognition -- Identity politics, deconstruction, and recognition -- Identity as subordination, abjection, and exclusion -- The necessity and impossibility of witnessing -- False witnesses -- History, transformation, and vigilance -- Seeing race -- Vision and recognition -- Toward a new vision -- Conclusion : Witnessing the power of love.

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    History of Medicine
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ISBN

  • 0816636273
  • 9780816636273
  • 0816636281
  • 9780816636280