A review by mmcloe
The Ruse of Repair: Us Neoliberal Empire and the Turn from Critique by Patricia Stuelke

I'm not completely convinced of Stuelke's binary opposition of repair and critique and I think there's space for the mingling of both towards something generative and destructive at the same time (Cruising Utopia is a good example of this, shame she doesn't cite it much). That being said, this was a needed intervention into a lot of scholarship that has become a little too reckless in its optimism and a little too accepting of the precarious conditions that created the need for repair.

Also, this was a stellar example of interesting American Studies work - I loved the diversity of sources, topics, and targets of critique towards the same goal.