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Sara Ahmed
Researcher at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Publications - 356
Citations - 27579
Sara Ahmed is an academic researcher from University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 52, co-authored 250 publications receiving 23524 citations. Previous affiliations of Sara Ahmed include HSM & University of London.
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The Cultural Politics of Emotion
TL;DR: In this paper, Ahmed considers how emotions keep us invested in relationships of power, and also shows how this use of emotion could be crucial to feminist and queer political movements Debates on international terrorism, asylum and migration, as well as reconciliation and reparation are explored through topical case studies.
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The Promise of Happiness
TL;DR: The Promise of Happiness as mentioned in this paper is a critique of the imperative to be happy, which is defined as the expectation that we will be made happy by taking part in that which is deemed good, and that by being happy ourselves, we will make others happy.
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Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others
TL;DR: Sara Ahmed as mentioned in this paper proposes a Queer Phenomenology, which combines readings of phenomenological texts with insights drawn from queer studies, feminist theory, critical race theory, Marxism, and psychoanalysis.
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Strange Encounters: Embodied Others in Post-Coloniality
TL;DR: The work in this paper examines the impact of multiculturalism and globalization on embodiment and community whilst considering the ethical and political implication of its critique for post-colonial feminism and argues that both of these standpoints are problematic as they involve "stranger fetishism".
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A phenomenology of whiteness
TL;DR: The authors consider how whiteness functions as a habit, even a bad habit, which becomes a background to social action, and explore how Whiteness becomes worldly through the noticeability of the arrival of some bodies more than others.