Leaning: A Poetics of Personal Relations

ISBN-13: 9781598746402 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 239 str.

Ronald J. Pelias

Opis

Explore with Ronald Pelias the physical space between people, and learn the metaphorical importance of leaning, in this personal, performative narrative about relationships.

Spis treści

Part 1 Languaging Relationships; Chapter 1 Some Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Claims for Communication; Chapter 2 Relational Language; Chapter 3 Struggling for Speech; Chapter 4 Relational Associations; Chapter 5 Stephen Dunn and the Poetics of Living; Part II Listening to Myself and Others; Chapter 6 Self-Portrait; Chapter 7 Reading Barthes as a Lover; Chapter 8 Walking and Writing With Laurel Richardson; Chapter 9 Three Tales of Understanding; Part III Watching Men; Chapter 10 Making My Masculine Body Behave; Chapter 11 Jarheads, Girly Men, and the Pleasures of Violence; Chapter 12 A Personal History of Lust on Bourbon Street; Part IV Holding Friends and Lovers; Chapter 13 The Pull and Push of Friendship; Chapter 14 Evidence of Love; Chapter 15 Relational Development and Deterioration; Chapter 16 Holding Mimi; Part V Carrying Family; Chapter 17 Family Lessons; Chapter 18 Stories We Do and Do Not Tell; Chapter 19 Remains; Chapter 20 Loss;

O autorze

Ronald J. Pelias