2016
DOI: 10.1177/1743872116674918
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A Poetics of American Citizenship: Blackness, Injury, and Claudia Rankine’s Citizen

Abstract: Theories of citizenship have relied both explicitly and implicitly on the concept of “standing.” This article challenges “standing” as a metaphor of citizenship by contrasting it with that of “injury.” Examining Claudia Rankine’s Citizen elucidates a poetics of citizenship that both calls attention to what prevents many black citizens in the United States from standing and provides a basis for alternative practices of citizenship. Refusing a politics of ressentiment often tied to identification of social injur… Show more

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“…Having ideological awareness for citizens can position citizens as a civilized citizen. [39] argues that the theory of citizenship explicitly or implicitly emphasizes a separate concept in the metaphor of citizenship. Ideological awareness for citizens is a side of recognition and pride in national identity.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Having ideological awareness for citizens can position citizens as a civilized citizen. [39] argues that the theory of citizenship explicitly or implicitly emphasizes a separate concept in the metaphor of citizenship. Ideological awareness for citizens is a side of recognition and pride in national identity.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%