No!: The Art and Activism of Complaining
An assembly of refusals portraying the radical power of "no," by the renowned scholar and author of Complaint Sara Ahmed
To be heard as complaining is not to be heard, writes Sara Ahmed. In her sweeping exploration of complaint as a practice of and lesson in resistance, Ahmed listens with "feminist ears" to grievance across contexts. Carving complaint as endangered speech that addresses and exposes oppression, Ahmed explores how complaint blooms in the shadow of institutions and how individuals take up the mantle of complaint in order to push for change (whether they mean to or not), in reaction to a world that punishes those who say no to its mounting horrors.
Where complaint lives, how complaint is made, who receives complaints, who buries them and where--Ahmed's accessible, attentive writing brings to life these hidden rooms and the people knocking at their doors, painting a portrait of power and the day-to-day push against it. With No , she commits to the complainer not only her own hand to hold but those of all complainers collected here, building solidarity among our outcries--quiet, loud, and yet unsaid.
Customer Reviews
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
