"Life Beside Itself is a profound reflection on the psychic life of biopolitics and how the biopolitical state, committed to enhancing the life of the population, renders lifeless a people's particular form of life. Lisa Stevenson writes with attentiveness to the care that binds the living and the dead in Inuit communities. That is itself a form of ethical living. Her writing is surely touched by grace. Her book illuminates the problem of suicide as the light of the moon illuminates a darkened sky. She helps us not to turn away from this suffering but to hold it. This book is truly a treasure."--Veena Das, author of Affliction: Health, Disease, Poverty
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Prologue: Between Two Women Acknowledgments Introduction
1. Facts and Images
2. Cooperating
3. Anonymous Care
4. Life-of-the-Name
5. Why Two Clocks?
6. Song Epilogue: Writing on Styrofoam Notes References List of Illustrations Index
