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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462154503321

Titolo

Queer and subjugated knowledges [[electronic resource] ] : generating subversive imaginaries / / edited by Kerry H. Robinson and Cristyn Davies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[United Arab Emirates], : Bentham Books, [2012]

ISBN

1-60805-339-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Collana

Rethinking research and professional practices in terms of relationality, subjectivity and power, , 2210-2833

Altri autori (Persone)

RobinsonKerry H

DaviesCristyn

Disciplina

150.19/5

150.195

Soggetti

Queer theory

Knowledge, Theory of

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

01 Title.pdf; 02 Cover Page; 03 REVISED eBooks End User License Agreement-Website; 04 Cover Art; 05 Contents; 06 Foreword; 07 Preface; 08 List of contributors; 09 Introduction; 10 Chapter 01; 11 Chapter 02; 11 Chapter 02 a.pdf; 11 Chapter 02 b; 11 Chapter 02 c; 11 Chapter 02 d; 12 Chapter 03; 12 Chapter 03 a.pdf; 12 Chapter 03 b; 12 Chapter 03 c; 13 Chapter 04; 14 Chapter 05; 15 Chapter 06; 16 Chapter 07; 17 Chapter 08; 18 Acknowledgemnt; 19 BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION; 20 Index

Sommario/riassunto

Queer and Subjugated Knowledges: generating subversive Imaginaries makes an invaluable contribution to gender and sexuality studies, engaging with queer theory to reconceptualize everyday interactions. The scholars in this book respond to J. Halberstam's call to engage in alternative imaginings to reconceptualize forms of being, the production of knowledge, and envisage a world with different sites for justice and injustice. The recent work of cultural theorist, Judith Halberstam, makes new investments in the notion of the counter-hegemonic, the subversive and the alternative. For Halberstam,