Margaret E Farrar
Biographic Data
| ID | 4391483 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret E Farrar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret E |
| FAMILY NAME | Farrar |
| SIGNATURE | FARRAR M E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Augustana College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Benjamin, Walter (1892–1940)
The German literary critic and philosopher Walter Benjamin was born into an upper‐middle‐class Jewish family in Berlin. In 1912 he began attending the University of Freiburg and graduated summa cum laude . However, his habilitation, “The origin of German tragic drama,” was ultimately rejected by the University of Frankfurt in 1925, and thereafter Benjamin was unable to secure steady academic employment. ( The Origin of German Tragic Drama was lat…
Privatization, Marketization, and Neoliberalism—The Political Dynamics of Post-Katrina New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina was a “disaster” both “natural” and “social.” The storm destroyed a major American city that, like most American cities, was already the site of great inequality and vulnerability. It also dramatically put to the test both the logistical capabilities and the political responsibilities of national, state, and local governmental institutions. The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orlean…
Amnesia, Nostalgia, and the Politics of Place Memory
This article examines two seemingly opposed modes of place-making, urban sprawl and historic preservation, and their relationship to memory. The author contends that urban sprawl creates a landscape of either willful or accidental amnesia, where the powers of place are neutralized by ignoring them or removing them from history. Historic preservation, however, can have equally depoliticizing effects by conjuring up peculiar, selective, or even who…
Home/Sick
Home/SickMemory, Place, and Loss in New Orleans Margaret E. Farrar (bio) To perceive the landscape is therefore to carry out an act of remembrance, and remembering is not so much a matter of calling up an internal image, stored in the mind, as of engaging perceptually with an environment that is itself pregnant with the past. -- Tim Ingold, "The Temporality of Landscape" On August 29, 2005, it was just becoming apparent how devastating Hurricane …
Spectacular Resistance
Political theorists and pundits often attribute the malaise that they argue hangs over U.S. politics to the omnipresence of political spectacle, where participants are reduced to spectator-voters rather than engaged as active citizens in the political process. The result, many conclude, is widespread cynicism that stymies collective action. We argue, however, that “spectacle” is not necessarily opposed to political participation, and indeed that …
Foucault, Michel (1926–1984)
Michel Foucault was a French philosopher whose work has greatly influenced sociologists and many others, particularly in the areas of crime and deviance, gender and sexuality, health and illness, and social welfare
Rah-Rah-Radical
The name “Radical Cheerleaders” refers to loosely organized groups of women and men who use creative cheers and costumes to engage in political protest. This article explores the ways in which the Radical Cheerleaders challenge gendered assumptions about women's political activity. Through their aggressive presence on the streets, their rejection of norms of civility, and their use of humor, the Radical Cheerleaders (ab)use the traditionally gend…
Trauma and the Memory of Politics
Trauma and the Memory of Politics. By Jenny Edkins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. 265p. $65.00 cloth, $23.00 paper. This is an important and innovative book. In it, Jenny Edkins explores the relationship between violence, the traumatic effects of violence, and the foundation and perpetuation of sovereign power. Using historical and field research, Edkins examines sites and practices that commemorate famines, wars, genocides, and te…
Amnesia, Nostalgia, and the Politics of Place Memory
This article examines two seemingly opposed modes of place-making, urban sprawl and historic preservation, and their relationship to memory. The author contends that urban sprawl creates a landscape of either willful or accidental amnesia, where the powers of place are neutralized by ignoring them or removing them from history. Historic preservation, however, can have equally depoliticizing effects by conjuring up peculiar, selective, or even who…
Spectacular Resistance
Political theorists and pundits often attribute the malaise that they argue hangs over U.S. politics to the omnipresence of political spectacle, where participants are reduced to spectator-voters rather than engaged as active citizens in the political process. The result, many conclude, is widespread cynicism that stymies collective action. We argue, however, that “spectacle” is not necessarily opposed to political participation, and indeed that …
Rah-Rah-Radical
The name “Radical Cheerleaders” refers to loosely organized groups of women and men who use creative cheers and costumes to engage in political protest. This article explores the ways in which the Radical Cheerleaders challenge gendered assumptions about women's political activity. Through their aggressive presence on the streets, their rejection of norms of civility, and their use of humor, the Radical Cheerleaders (ab)use the traditionally gend…
Trauma and the Memory of Politics
Trauma and the Memory of Politics. By Jenny Edkins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. 265p. $65.00 cloth, $23.00 paper. This is an important and innovative book. In it, Jenny Edkins explores the relationship between violence, the traumatic effects of violence, and the foundation and perpetuation of sovereign power. Using historical and field research, Edkins examines sites and practices that commemorate famines, wars, genocides, and te…
Rah-Rah-Radical
The name “Radical Cheerleaders” refers to loosely organized groups of women and men who use creative cheers and costumes to engage in political protest. This article explores the ways in which the Radical Cheerleaders challenge gendered assumptions about women's political activity. Through their aggressive presence on the streets, their rejection of norms of civility, and their use of humor, the Radical Cheerleaders (ab)use the traditionally gend…
Foucault, Michel (1926–1984)
Michel Foucault was a French philosopher whose work has greatly influenced sociologists and many others, particularly in the areas of crime and deviance, gender and sexuality, health and illness, and social welfare
Spectacular Resistance
Political theorists and pundits often attribute the malaise that they argue hangs over U.S. politics to the omnipresence of political spectacle, where participants are reduced to spectator-voters rather than engaged as active citizens in the political process. The result, many conclude, is widespread cynicism that stymies collective action. We argue, however, that “spectacle” is not necessarily opposed to political participation, and indeed that …
Home/Sick
Home/SickMemory, Place, and Loss in New Orleans Margaret E. Farrar (bio) To perceive the landscape is therefore to carry out an act of remembrance, and remembering is not so much a matter of calling up an internal image, stored in the mind, as of engaging perceptually with an environment that is itself pregnant with the past. -- Tim Ingold, "The Temporality of Landscape" On August 29, 2005, it was just becoming apparent how devastating Hurricane …
Amnesia, Nostalgia, and the Politics of Place Memory
This article examines two seemingly opposed modes of place-making, urban sprawl and historic preservation, and their relationship to memory. The author contends that urban sprawl creates a landscape of either willful or accidental amnesia, where the powers of place are neutralized by ignoring them or removing them from history. Historic preservation, however, can have equally depoliticizing effects by conjuring up peculiar, selective, or even who…
Privatization, Marketization, and Neoliberalism—The Political Dynamics of Post-Katrina New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina was a “disaster” both “natural” and “social.” The storm destroyed a major American city that, like most American cities, was already the site of great inequality and vulnerability. It also dramatically put to the test both the logistical capabilities and the political responsibilities of national, state, and local governmental institutions. The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orlean…
Benjamin, Walter (1892–1940)
The German literary critic and philosopher Walter Benjamin was born into an upper‐middle‐class Jewish family in Berlin. In 1912 he began attending the University of Freiburg and graduated summa cum laude . However, his habilitation, “The origin of German tragic drama,” was ultimately rejected by the University of Frankfurt in 1925, and thereafter Benjamin was unable to secure steady academic employment. ( The Origin of German Tragic Drama was lat…
Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works)