Public Mourning in Canada: What Makes a Life Grievable?

Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence

All Inclusive

Butler, Judith. 2004. Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence. London: Verso (re-released 2006 or 2020 version is fine as well).**

Doctor, Farzana. 2015. All Inclusive. Toronto: Dundurn Press.**

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Butler, Judith. 2004. “Preface” (pp. xi-xxi), “Violence, Mourning, Politics” (pp. 19-49), and “Precarious Life” (pp. 128-152). In Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence. London: Verso.

Butler, Judith. 2009. “Introduction: Precarious Life, Grievable Life.” In Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable? London: Verso: 1-33.

Butler, Judith. 2015. “Precarious Life and the Ethics of Cohabitation.” In Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly. Cambridge: Harvard U Press: 99-122.

Butler, Judith. 2020. “Mourning is a Political Act Amid the Pandemic and its Disparities.” Interview with George Yancy. Truthout, April 30th:

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Diverlus, Rodney, Sandy Hudson, and Syrus Marcus Ware, eds. 2020. “Introduction,” “The Origin Story,” and “Black Arts and the Movement.” In Until We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada. University of Regina Press, pp. xiii-xvi, 3-16, 133-150.

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Hunt, Sarah. 2013. “In Her Name: Relationships as Law.” A TedX talk.

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Chakraborty, Chandrima, Amber Dean and Angela Failler, eds. 2017. “The Art of Public Mourning: An Introduction.” In Remembering Air India: The Art of Public Mourning, edited by Chandrima Chakraborty, Amber Dean, and Angela Failler. Edmonton, AB: Univ of Alberta Press: xiii – xxxii.

Marjara, Eisha. Desperately Seeking Helen. NFB, 1998.

Doctor, Farzana. 2015. All Inclusive. Toronto: Dundurn Press.

Haritaworn, Jin. 2019. “On These Bones: The Queer Regenerations of the Toronto Gay Village Serial Killings.” Topia 40: 15-41.

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