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Political Mourning - Identity and Responsibility in the Wake of Tragedy (Paperback)
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Political Mourning - Identity and Responsibility in the Wake of Tragedy (Paperback)
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What leads us to respond politically to the deaths of some citizens
and not others? This is one of the critical questions Heather Pool
asks in Political Mourning. Born out of her personal experiences
with the trauma of 9/11, Pool's astute book looks at how death
becomes political, and how it can mobilize everyday citizens to
argue for political change. Pool examines four tragedies in
American history-the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the lynching
of Emmett Till, the September 11 attacks, and the Black Lives
Matter movement-that offered opportunities to tilt toward justice
and democratic inclusion. Some of these opportunities were taken,
some were not. However, these watershed moments show, historically,
how political identity and political responsibility intersect and
how racial identity shapes who is mourned. Political Mourning helps
explain why Americans recognize the names of Trayvon Martin and
Sandra Bland; activists took those cases public while many similar
victims have been ignored by the news media. Concluding with an
afterword on the coronavirus, Pool emphasizes the importance of
collective responsibility for justice and why we ought to respond
to tragedy in ways that are more politically inclusive.
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