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What does it mean to want to become a mother, as children around the world die of treatable diseases, are killed by bomb or bullet, are held in cages? In
Bestiality of the Involved, Spring Ulmer lives this question out loud, refusing any easy answer.
List of contents
A Short History of the Distance Between Art and Life 13
An Era of Postmemory 19
A Short History of Greek Blues 23
A Short History of Bubbles 41
An Era of the Terror of Terror 55
A Short History of Reading Anti-War Literature with Cadets 57
A Short History of Our Flesh and Blood 75
A Short History of Revolution 89
A Short History of Reluctant Fundamentalism 91
An Era of the American Taliban 97
A Short History of Torture 103
A Short History of Make Believe 107
A Short History of Black Death 109
A Short History of Genetics 115
A Short History of Labor 119
A Short History of the White Gaze 137
A Short History of the Black Impulse to See 147
A Short History of Insect Lessons 155
An Era of Poppies 163
A Short History of Hostile Soil 173
A Short History of the Soul 189
Acknowledgments 193
About the author
Spring Ulmer is the author of
Benjamin's Spectacles and The Age of Virtual Reproduction. She teaches at Middlebury College.
