Sara L Knox
Biographic Data
| ID | 640339 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sara L Knox |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sara L |
| FAMILY NAME | Knox |
| SIGNATURE | KNOX S L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Force of Meaning
Law has a dual capacity in the field of culture: it enables the formation of subjects and of cultural practices, and it constrains those very formations. The tensions created by that paradox are in
On Dangerous Ground
Giving Flesh to the 'Wraiths of Violence
Death, afterlife, and the eschatology of consciousness
Definitions of death and the experience of dying have signally changed in the last half century; a change resulting, in part, from the sequestration and medicalization of quotidian death. This article explores the consequences of this for cultural representations of death (and its transcendence) in contemporary film. A critical commentary on Mike Nichol's film Wit, Pedro Almodovar's Talk to her, and Vincent Ward's What dreams may come demonstrate…
Crime, Law and Symbolic Order
Crime, Law and Symbolic Order: the Rhetoric of Transparency Sara L. Knox (bio) Introduction In a radio address of June 22nd 1996, President Clinton addressed the federalization of notification and registration procedures for repeat sexual offenders. Clinton described the Wetterling Act as one decisive victory in an already advanced law and order campaign. Had not his administration “worked hard to combat the crime and violence that has become all…
A few deaths, here and there
The humble statistic regulates both the private and public accounting of death and risk; and an ideological and rhetorical accounting attempts to make death orderly (in its disorder), and predictable (in its randomness). Using Jane Smiley's novella The age of grief and the colloquial metaphysics of the essays of Annie Dillard, the author here examines such rhetorical accounting strategies and their duty to the dead, personal and collective
Mourning, Violence and Memory
The Productive Power of Confessions of Cruelty
Postmodern Culture - Volume 11, Number 3, May 2001
The Productive Power of Confessions of Cruelty
Postmodern Culture - Volume 11, Number 3, May 2001
A few deaths, here and there
The humble statistic regulates both the private and public accounting of death and risk; and an ideological and rhetorical accounting attempts to make death orderly (in its disorder), and predictable (in its randomness). Using Jane Smiley's novella The age of grief and the colloquial metaphysics of the essays of Annie Dillard, the author here examines such rhetorical accounting strategies and their duty to the dead, personal and collective
Mourning, Violence and Memory
Crime, Law and Symbolic Order
Crime, Law and Symbolic Order: the Rhetoric of Transparency Sara L. Knox (bio) Introduction In a radio address of June 22nd 1996, President Clinton addressed the federalization of notification and registration procedures for repeat sexual offenders. Clinton described the Wetterling Act as one decisive victory in an already advanced law and order campaign. Had not his administration “worked hard to combat the crime and violence that has become all…
Death, afterlife, and the eschatology of consciousness
Definitions of death and the experience of dying have signally changed in the last half century; a change resulting, in part, from the sequestration and medicalization of quotidian death. This article explores the consequences of this for cultural representations of death (and its transcendence) in contemporary film. A critical commentary on Mike Nichol's film Wit, Pedro Almodovar's Talk to her, and Vincent Ward's What dreams may come demonstrate…
Giving Flesh to the 'Wraiths of Violence
The Force of Meaning
Law has a dual capacity in the field of culture: it enables the formation of subjects and of cultural practices, and it constrains those very formations. The tensions created by that paradox are in
On Dangerous Ground
Sociology (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Psychoanalysis (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works)