Kristin Ross (born 1953) is an American literary theorist who is

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. She is primarily known for her work on

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and

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of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

Life and work

Ross received her Ph.D. from

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in 1981 and since then has written a number of books, including ''The Emergence of Social Space:

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and the

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'' (1988), ''Fast Cars, Clean Bodies: Decolonization and the Reordering of French Culture'' (1995) and ''May '68 and its Afterlives'' (2002). She edited ''Anti-Americanism'' (2004) with Andrew Ross (no relation). In 2015, her book ''Communal Luxury: The Political Imaginary of the Paris Commune'' appeared. For ''Fast Cars, Clean Bodies'', Ross was awarded a

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and the Lawrence Wylie Award for French Cultural Studies. Professor Ross has also received a

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and a fellowship from the

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. Ross has also translated several works from French including Jacques Ranciere's '' The Ignorant Schoolmaster''. Along with her research interests in French political culture and literature, Ross's work gains its focus through her interest in urban and revolutionary history, theory, politics, ideology and popular culture.Faculty Page Bio
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Selected bibliography

*(co-editor, with

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). ''Everyday Life'', co-ed., Yale French Studies, no. 73. Fall 1987. *''The Emergence of Social Space: Rimbaud and the Paris Commune''. University of Minnesota Press. 1988. **French translation, ''Les Prairies Ordinaires'', 2012. *''Fast Cars, Clean Bodies: Decolonization and the Reordering of French Culture''. MIT Press. 1995. **French translation, re-edition, Flammarion, 2006. *''May '68 and Its Afterlives''. Chicago. 2002. **French translation, Le Monde Diplomatique/Complexe, 2005. Re-edition Editions Agone 2011. *(co-editor, with Andrew Ross). ''Anti-Americanism.'' NYU Press, 2004. *(contributor) ''Democracy in What State?''. Columbia University Press, 2011. *
Communal Luxury: The Political Imaginary of the Paris Commune
'. Verso, 2015. **French edition, La Fabrique, 2015. *(translator and preface). 'The Zad and NoTav: Territorial Struggles and the Making of a New Political Intelligence.' (Verso 2018). Translation of the Mauvaise Troupe's 'Contrées.' *
The Commune Form:The Transformation of Everyday Life
'. Verso, 2024.

References

External links

By Kristin Ross

Interview conducted and translated 1983 by Kristin Ross, in ''

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'' 79 (Winter 1997)
"Closing Time"
Obituary of Norman Brown in ''

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'', 118 (Mar/Apr 2003).
"Q&A: Visiting Distinguished Professor in Humanities Kristin Ross discusses detective novels, feminism and the French response to Iraq"
- Interview with Kristin Ross at Grinnell College (September 10, 2004)
"Ethics and the Rearmament of Imperialism
Article to be published in a forthcoming book, (2005).
"Managing the Present"
Commentary on the 40th anniversary of May 68 in France in ''

'', No. 149 (March/April 2008). About Kristin Ross
"Red and black"
A review of ''May '68 and its Afterlives'' in ''

'', (May/June 2003).
"Sam's Club"
A review of a book edited by Kristin Ross, ''Anti-Americanism'', in ''

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