2. In the Interests of Taste and Place

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. I. THE ANATOMY OF INTIMACY.
6. 1. Intimacy 31
7. 2. In the Interests of Taste and Place 57
8. Jamaica Kincaid’s Practical Politics of the Intimate in My Garden (book) 85
9. 4. Widening Circles 105
10. II. MEMORY, HISTORY, COMMUNITY
11. 5. Facing 119
12. 6. Objects of Return 145
13. 7. Narratives and Rights 168
14. 8. Letter from Argentina 186
15. III. LEGISLATING INTIMACY
16. 9. “Security Moms” in Twenty-First-Century U.S.A 195
17. 10. “Like a Family, But Not Quite” 211
18. 11. What We Women Talk About When We Talk About Interracial Love 232
19. 12. The Pedagogy of the Spiral 243
20. IV. GLOBAL FEMINISM AND THE SUBJECTS OF KNOWLEDGE
21. 13. Witnessing, Femicide, and a Politics of the Familiar 267
22. 14. Solidarity, Self-Critique, and Survival 289
23. 15. Tehran Kids 305
24. List of Contributors 311
25. Index 317
26. Backmatter 327