Identity, Mediation, and the Cunning of Capital

by Ani Maitra

Book Overview

In Identity, Mediation, and the Cunning of Capital, Ani Maitra urgently calls for a reevaluation of identity politics as an aesthetic maneuver regulated by capitalism. A dominant critical trend in the humanities, Maitra argues, is to dismiss or embrace identity through the formal properties of a privileged aesthetic medium such as literature, cinema, or even the performative body. In contrast, he demonstrates that identity politics becomes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810141795
• ISBN13: 9780810141797
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.8"