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NEW AND UPDATED EDITION OF THE BOOK THAT INTRODUCED THE TERM
`SNOWFLAKE' When you hear that now ubiquitous phrase `I find that
offensive', you know you're being told to shut up. While the
terrible murder of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists demonstrated that
those who offend can face the most brutal form of censorship, it
also served to intensify the pre-existing climate that dictates we
all have to walk on eggshells to avoid saying anything offensive -
or else. Indeed, competitive offence-claiming is ratcheting up well
beyond religious sensibilities. So, while Islamists and feminists
may seem to have little in common, they are both united in
demanding retribution in the form of bans, penalties and censorship
of those who hurt their feelings. But how did we become so
thin-skinned? In this ned and updated edition of her book `I Find
That Offensive!' Claire Fox addresses head on the possible causes
of what is fast becoming known as `Generation Snowflake' in a call
to toughen up, become more robust and make a virtue of the right to
be offensive.
The U.S.-Mexico border has not only been the site of volatile
debates, most recently prompted by migration policies and NAFTA,
but it has also been a source of artistic inspiration. In "The
Fence and the River", Claire Fox offers an extensively illustrated
study that asks how the art produced about this particular region -
from picture postcards to films and performances - reflects
political and economic transformations occurring worldwide.
Starting with a discussion of photography and film about the
Mexican Revolution, "The Fence and the River" traces how this
renowned border has been represented in twentieth-century art and
popular culture.Among the other literary and artistic efforts, Fox
explores are Mexican novels and films about border crossing, images
of the fence and the river in Chicano/a art and documentary video,
border-crossing performance art, and the futuristic border of
speculative fiction. Finally, the author examines the work of
political activists along the border and the writing of U.S. and
Mexican intellectuals. Interweaving literary and artistic
representations, contemporary political debates, and an
international perspective, "The Fence and the River" brings an
exciting interdisciplinary approach to border studies.
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