Meaney, GerardineGerardineMeaney2014-10-072014-10-072011-10-31http://hdl.handle.net/10197/6014Reflecting in 2008 on the link between her groundbreaking work on gender and her more recent work on war, Judith Butler proposed a relationship between liveable and grievable lives: 'it is very often a struggle to make certain kinds of lost life publicly grievable'. This essay takes Butler's exploration of the 'politics of mourning' as its starting place for a reading of The Gathering and of the short story, 'My Little Sister' from Taking Pictures.enEnright, Anne, 1962-. Criticism and interpretationEnright, Anne, 1962-. The GatheringEnright, Anne, 1962-. Taking PicturesBook Chapter2014-08-20https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/