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t h e d e at h - b o u n d - s u b j e c t

p o s t-c o n t e m p o r a r y i n t e r v e n t i o n s Series Editors: Stanley Fish and Fredric Jameson

The Death-Bound-Subject

r i c h a r d w r i g h t ’ s a r c h a e o l o g y o f d e at h

Abdul R. JanMohamed

Duke University Press Durham and London 2005

© 2005 Duke University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper  Designed by C. H. Westmoreland Typeset in Carter and Cohn Galliard by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-inPublication Data appear on the last printed page of this book.

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