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Acknowledgments I would like to acknowledge the following people for helping me at various stages of drafting this book: Christine Froula, for her initial interest in this project and for her invaluable support and feedback throughout its dissertation stage and beyond; Jules Law, for his critical comments and advice; and Nancy Fraser, for her critical input and for supporting this project beyond the dissertation stage. I would also like to thank Biodun Iginla and Elizabeth Stomberg at the University of Minnesota Press for their support andflexibility during revisions to this manuscript, as well as George Lipsitz and Stanley Aronowitz for providing comments and suggestions that pushed me to consider more fully the issues surrounding my topic. Thanks to Lynn Marasco for her editing assistance, and to Bill Savage for his editing assistance and long-standing friendship. Thanks also to Elizabeth Traube and the Center for Humanities at Wesleyan University for providing the space and resources that allowed me to complete this manuscript. I owe a special debt of gratitude to Bishnupriya Ghosh for inviting me over the past seven years to share in both her critical insights and the irresistible enthusiasm with which she approaches writing, teaching, and living. I also owe special thanks to Dara Strolovitch for contextualizing and pushing the political implications of my ideas— both within and outside of this project—as well as for her eternal optimism and relentless faith in me. Finally, thanks to all whose technical , financial, and emotional support made this project possible. xix This page intentionally left blank ...

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