Brilliant Imperfection

Description

Brilliant Imperfection by Eli Clare is described as a “Mosaic.” In this series of unresolved tensions, Clare brings together personal narrative, poetry, and speculative engagements with key historical figures to grapple with the concept of “cure.” In his words, “Cure serves many purposes. It saves lives, manipulates lives, and prioritizes some lives over others. It provides comfort, makes profits, justifies violence, and promises resolution to body-mind loss.” Throughout the text, he draws examples across nature, fraught conceptions of “the natural,” and from historical supreme court cases (that of Carrie Buck). 

Creator

Eli Clare

Publisher

Duke University press

Year

2017

Contributor

Michael Stokes

Language

English

Type

Book