{"product_id":"the-words-of-selves-9780804736725","title":"The Words of Selves","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this extended meditation on the language of the self within contemporary social politics, the author ponders the question: What does it matter what you say about yourself? She studies why the requirement \u003ci\u003eto be\u003c\/i\u003e a something-or-other should be so hard to satisfy in a manner that rings true in the ears of its own subject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a remarkable book, eloquent and imaginative, witty and learned, brilliant and intellectually nuanced. It redefines a knot of difficult issues concerning language, subjectivity, and politics that have claimed critical attention for many years. Riley offers a new vocabulary and a new problematic for approaching these topics and thus rewrites some of the most seemingly intractable debates in contemporary cultural theory in an inventive and persuasive way.\" -Ellen Rooney,Brown University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  1. 'Who me?' self-description's linguistic affect  2. Linguistic unease  3. Lyric selves  4. 'The wounded fall in the direction of their wound'  5. Echo, irony, and the political  Notes  Index.","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405535584599,"sku":"9780804736725","price":84.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804736725.jpg?v=1730492761","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-words-of-selves-9780804736725","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}