{"product_id":"democracy-growing-up-laura-janara-9780791454428","title":"Democracy Growing Up: Authority, Autonomy, and Passion in Tocqueville's Democracy in America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first sustained feminist interpretation of Tocqueville's classic, Democracy in America.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2004 C.B. Macpherson Prize presented by the Canadian Political Science Association \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Best First Book Award presented by the Foundations of Political Theory section of the American Political Science Association \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTocqueville's \u003ci\u003eDemocracy in America\u003c\/i\u003e continues to be widely read, but for all this familiarity, the vivid imagery with which he conveys his ideas has been overlooked, left to act with unexamined force upon readers' imaginations. In this first sustained feminist reading of Democracy in America Laura Janara assesses the dramatic feminine, masculine, and infantile metaphorical figures that represent the historical political drama that is Tocqueville's primary topic. These tropes are analyzed as both historical artifacts and symbols for psychoanalytic interpretation, deepening and complicating the standing interpretations of Tocqueville's work. Democracy Growing Up comments critically upon the peculiar gendered and familial foundations of modern Western democracy and upon the notion of democratic maturity that Tocqueville offers us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Janara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791454428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791454428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 5.96w x 0.60d","brand":"Laura Janara","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438008676607,"sku":"9780791454428","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1b317d6-4131-4932-b5a3-646dcf80823e.jpg?v=1777168176","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/democracy-growing-up-laura-janara-9780791454428","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}