| Power and Legitimacy: Law, Culture, and Literature Contributor(s): Quéma, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442649038 ISBN-13: 9781442649033 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $81.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Family Law - General - Literary Criticism | Gothic & Romance - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 809.933 |
| LCCN: 2015295334 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.9" W x 9.1" (1.55 lbs) 376 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An interdisciplinary analysis of the ways in which symbolic acts create social norms, Power and Legitimacy is an important contribution to the growing body of scholarship on law and literature. Drawing on the theoretical insights of Judith Butler and Pierre Bourdieu, Anne Qu ma demonstrates the effect of symbolic violence on the creation of social and political legitimacy. Examining modern jurisprudence theory, statutory law, and the family within the modern Gothic novel, Qu ma shows how the forms and effects of political power transform as one shifts from discourse to discourse. An impressive integration of the scholarship in these three fields, Power and Legitimacy is a thought-provoking analysis of the basis of power and the law. |
Contributor Bio(s): Qu?ma, Anne: - Anne Quéma is a professor in the Department of English and Theatre at Acadia University. |