Ahmed, Sara
Complaint!
- ISBN 13:
- 9781478017714
- author:
- Ahmed, Sara
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Duke University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 376
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 15.2 x 2 centimeters (0.5
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Education, Higher,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Complaint! by Sara Ahmed Sara Ahmed examines the power dynamics at play when individuals complain about abuses of power in institutions. Drawing on oral and written testimonies from academics and students who have made complaints about harassment, bullying, and unequal working conditions, Ahmed explores the gap between what is supposed to happen when complaints are made and what actually happens. Complaints are often made behind closed doors, and Ahmed argues that forming new kinds of collectives is essential to get complaints through, keep them going, or keep them alive. This book offers a systematic analysis of the methods used to stop complaints and a powerful meditation on the potential of complaints to effect change. Ahmed's work is part of a long lineage of feminist critiques of institutions, and her book delivers a timely consideration of how institutional change becomes possible and why it is necessary.
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