Vital Impasse: Animacy Hierarchies, Irredeemability, and a Life Otherwise Chad Shomura American Quarterly, Volume 73, Number 4, December 2021, pp. 835-855 (Article) Published by Johns Hopkins University Press DOI: For additional information about this article [ Access provided at 28 Dec 2021 02:03 GMT from Auraria Library ] https://doi.org/10.1353/aq.2021.0059 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/841597