Thinking with an Accent Towards a New Object, Method and Practice
Towards a New Object, Method and Practice
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The book introduces accent as a powerfully coded yet underexplored mode of perception encompassing looking, listening, acting, reading, and thinking.
It convenes scholars from various fields to theorize accent as an object of inquiry, an interdisciplinary method, and an embodied practice.
The essays delve into how accents mediate global economies of discrimination and desire.
They negotiate power dynamics and invite attunement between bodies and media.
The book encourages readers to engage in dialogical and multimodal inquiry to yield transformative modalities of knowledge, action, and care.
It won the American Comparative Literature Association’s 2024 Rene Wellek Prize for Best Edited Collection.
It convenes scholars from various fields to theorize accent as an object of inquiry, an interdisciplinary method, and an embodied practice.
The essays delve into how accents mediate global economies of discrimination and desire.
They negotiate power dynamics and invite attunement between bodies and media.
The book encourages readers to engage in dialogical and multimodal inquiry to yield transformative modalities of knowledge, action, and care.
It won the American Comparative Literature Association’s 2024 Rene Wellek Prize for Best Edited Collection.
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Introduces accent as a powerfully coded yet underexplored mode of perception.
Pooja Rangan, Akshya Saxena, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, Pavitra Sundar eds., "Thinking with an Accent: Toward a New Object, Method, and Practice" (UC Press, 2023)
