The Politics of Attachment : Toward a Critical Theory of Affect
- Author:
- Yokum, Nicole
- Published:
- [University Park, Pennsylvania] : Pennsylvania State University, 2021.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Allen, Amy
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- Summary:
- My dissertation explores the emotional distortions resulting from conditions of capitalist, racist, sexist, and heterosexist oppression, drawing on resources in early critical theory and contemporary feminist, queer and affect theory. Using attachment styles as a heuristic for interpreting different modes of relating to the socio-political order, I work to reclaim insecure attachment as an ethical and politically productive response to ongoing oppression. Ultimately, I claim that to be securely attached to a pathological social order is the most pathological political choice of all.
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- Dissertation Note:
- Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University 2021.
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- Microfilm (positive). 1 reel ; 35 mm. (University Microfilms 28841645)
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- The full text of the dissertation is available as an Adobe Acrobat .pdf file ; Adobe Acrobat Reader required to view the file.
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