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The Empire of Love: toward a theory of intimacy, genealogy and carnality.

Publication: Oceania
Publication Date: 01-MAR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The Empire of Love: toward a theory of intimacy, genealogy and carnality.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
By Elizabeth A. Povinelli Durnham: Duke University Press, 2006 Pp: xiii + 277 Price: US $22.95

As theories of Whiteness made visible the power and privilege vested in the social construction of normative and 'marked' racial categories, Povinelli seeks to critically examine how and why liberal 'norms' of sociality, intimacy and 'love' are dominant norms within settler colonies. Building upon her earlier work on the politics of cultural recognition, Empire of Love explores the conditions and constraints of recognition as regards 'divergent' forms of love and intimacy within the framework of cultural difference in the US and Australia.

The book is organised as three separate essays intended to be read as a 'loop'. It begins with ethnographic case studies of 'bodies' across two settler colonies, and ends with an historical and theoretical account of...

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