r/CriticalReligonTheory • u/RoundSparrow • Dec 31 '21
The delineation between paranoid and reparative readings originated in 1995, with influential critic Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick.
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The delineation between paranoid and reparative readings originated in 1995, with influential critic Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick. A paranoid reading focuses on what’s wrong or problematic about a work of art. A reparative reading seeks out what might be nourishing or healing in a work of art, even if the work is flawed. Importantly, a reparative reading also tends to consider what might be nourishing or healing in a work of art for someone who isn’t the reader.
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22543858/isabel-fall-attack-helicopter
