New directions in law and literature

Présentation de l'éditeur : "After its heyday in the 1970s and 1980s, many wondered whether the law and literature movement would retain vitality. This collection of essays, featuring twenty-two prominent scholars from literature departments as well as law schools, showcases the vibrancy of recent work in the field while highlighting its many new directions. New Directions in Law and Literature furnishes an overview of where the field has been, its recent past, and its potential futures. Some of the essays examine the methodological choices that have affected the field; among these are concern for globalization, the integration of approaches from history and political theory, the application of new theoretical models from affect studies and queer theory, and expansion beyond text to performance and the image. Others grapple with particular intersections between law and literature, whether in copyright law, competing visions of alternatives to marriage, or the role of ornament in the law's construction of racialized bodies. The volume is designed to be a course book that is accessible to undergraduates and law students as well as relevant to academics with an interest in law and the humanities. The essays are simultaneously intended to be introductory and addressed to experts in law and literature. More than any other existing book in the field, New Directions furnishes a guide to the most exciting new work in law and literature while also situating that work within more established debates and conversations." Content: Minding previous steps taken / Brook Thomas -- Who wouldn't want to be a person? : histories of the present in law and literature / Caleb Smith -- From charisma to routinization and beyond : speculations on the future of the study of law and literature / Austin Sarat -- There's no such thing as interpreting a text / Martin Jay Stone -- Retrospective prophecies : legal narrative constructions / Peter Brooks -- Law's affective thickets / Ravit Reichman -- Paranoia, feminism, law : reflections on the possibilities for queer legal studies / Janet Halley -- Proof and probability : law, imagination, and the forms of things unknown / Lorna Hutson -- Law, literature, and history : the love triangle / Bernadette Meyler -- Pictures as precedents : the visual turn and the status of figures in judgments / Peter Goodrich -- Law as performance : historical interpretation, objects, lexicons, and other methodological problems / Julie Stome Peters -- Globalizing law and literature / Elizabeth S. Anker -- Ornament and law / Anne Anlin Cheng -- The flowers are vexed : gender justice, black literature, and the passionate utterance / Imani Perry -- Genocide by other means : US federal Indian law and violence against Native women in Louise Erdrich's The Round House / Eric Cheyfitz and Shari M. Huhndorf -- Pluralism, religion, and democratic culture : Nadeem Aslam's Maps for Lost Lovers / Elliott Visconsi -- Regulatory fictions : on marriage and countermarriage / Elizabeth F. Emens -- Legal and literary fictions / Simon Stern -- Copyright and intellectual property / Paul K. Saint-Amour -- Replicant being : law and strange life in the age of biotechnology / Priscilla Wald -- Weak reparation : law and literature networked / Wai Chee Dimock. Cover 1 New Directions in Law and Literature 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Introduction 8 Part 1: Genealogies and Futures 38 1. Minding Previous Steps Taken 40 2. Who Wouldn’t Want to Be a Person? Histories of the Present in Law and Literature 53 3. From Charisma to Routinization and Beyond: Speculations on the Future of the Study of Law and Literature 66 Part 2: Methods 74 4. There’s No Such Thing as Interpreting a Text 76 5. Retrospective Prophecies: Legal Narrative Constructions 99 6. Law’s Affective Thickets 116 7. Paranoia, Feminism, Law: Reflections on the Possibilities for Queer Legal Studies 130 8. Proof and Probability: Law, Imagination, and the Forms of Things Unknown 151 9. Law, Literature, and History: The Love Triangle 167 10. Pictures as Precedents: The Visual Turn and the Status of Figures in Judgments 183 11. Law as Performance: Historical Interpretation, Objects, Lexicons, and Other Methodological Problems 200 12. Globalizing Law and Literature 217 Part 3: Cases 234 13. Ornament and Law 236 14. The Flowers Are Vexed: Gender Justice, Black Literature, and the Passionate Utterance 259 15. Genocide by Other Means: US Federal Indian Law and Violence against Native Women in Louise Erdrich’s The Round House 271 16. Pluralism, Religion, and Democratic Culture: Nadeem Aslam’s Maps for Lost Lovers 286 17. Regulatory Fictions: On Marriage and Countermarriage 301 18. Legal and Literary Fictions 320 19. Copyright and Intellectual Property 334 20. Replicant Being: Law and Strange Life in the Age of Biotechnology 351 21. Weak Reparation: Law and Literature Networked 366 Acknowledgments 386 Bibliography 388 Contributors 422 Index 430 Présentation de l'éditeur : "After its heyday in the 1970s and 1980s, many wondered whether the law and literature movement would retain vitality. This collection of essays, featuring twenty-two prominent scholars from literature departments as well as law schools, showcases the vibrancy of recent work in the field while highlighting its many new directions. New Directions in Law and Literature furnishes an overview of where the field has been, its recent past, and its potential futures. Some of the essays examine the methodological choices that have affected the field; among these are concern for globalization, the integration of approaches from history and political theory, the application of new theoretical models from affect studies and queer theory, and expansion beyond text to performance and the image. Others grapple with particular intersections between law and literature, whether in copyright law, competing visions of alternatives to marriage, or the role of ornament in the law's construction of racialized bodies. The volume is designed to be a course book that is accessible to undergraduates and law students as well as relevant to academics with an interest in law and the humanities. The essays are simultaneously intended to be introductory and addressed to experts in law and literature. More than any other existing book in the field, New Directions furnishes a guide to the most exciting new work in law and literature while also situating that work within more established debates and conversations." After the heyday of the law and literature movement in the 1970s and 1980s, many wondered whether it would retain vitality and influence. Yet in recent years, scholarship in law and literature continues to flourish, broadening into a number of new directions. This collection of essays by twenty-two prominent scholars from literature departments as well as law schools showcases the vibrancy of recent work in the field, at the same time as it takes stock of many of the new directions shaping the interdiscipline. In so doing, __New Directions in Law and Literature__ furnishes an overview of where the field has been, its recent past, and its potential futures. Some of the essays examine the innovative methodological approaches that helped to enlarge the field; among these are concern for globalization, the integration of insights from history and political theory, the application of new theoretical models from affect studies and queer theory, and the expansion of study beyond the text to performance and the image. Other essays instead grapple with particular intersections between law and literature, whether in copyright law, or competing visions of alternatives to marriage, or the role of ornament in the law’s construction of racialized bodies. Together, the essays in this volume offer a diverse, evolving portrait of the wide variety of work in law and literature, and in the process they likewise chart new lines of inquiry that beginning scholars might pursue. This collection of essays by twenty-two prominent scholars from literature departments and law schools showcases the vibrancy of recent work in law and literature and highlights its many new directions since the field's heyday in the 1970s and 80s.