{"product_id":"dead-women-talking-brian-norman-9781421407524","title":"Dead Women Talking: Figures of Injustice in American Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDead women speak as agents of social justice in work by some of the best-known writers of American literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Norman uncovers a curious phenomenon in American literature: dead women who nonetheless talk. These characters appear in works by such classic American writers as Poe, Dickinson, and Faulkner as well as in more recent works by Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, Tony Kushner, and others. These figures are also emerging in contemporary culture, from the film and best-selling novel \u003ci\u003eThe Lovely Bones \u003c\/i\u003eto the hit television drama \u003ci\u003eDesperate Housewives\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDead Women Talking\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that the dead, especially women, have been speaking out in American literature since well before it was fashionable. Norman argues that they voice concerns that a community may wish to consign to the past, raising questions about gender, violence, sexuality, class, racial injustice, and national identity. When these women insert themselves into the story, they do not enter precisely as ghosts but rather as something potentially more disrupting: posthumous citizens. The community must ask itself whether it can or should recognize such a character as one of its own. The prospect of posthumous citizenship bears important implications for debates over the legal rights of the dead, social histories of burial customs and famous cadavers, and the political theory of citizenship and social death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Norman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421407523\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421407524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2013","brand":"Brian Norman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088210309375,"sku":"9781421407524","price":50.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c2115fc9-22c3-40c6-9485-db6ce2d6d4e2.jpg?v=1769103667","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dead-women-talking-brian-norman-9781421407524","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}