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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784663603321

Autore

Winnubst Shannon

Titolo

Queering freedom [[electronic resource] /] / Shannon Winnubst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2006

ISBN

9786612072918

1-282-07291-9

0-253-11211-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 pages)

Disciplina

305/.01

Soggetti

Liberty

Boundaries - Social aspects

Differentiation (Sociology)

Dominance (Psychology)

Power (Social sciences)

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 (p. 239-246) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The seduction of freedom -- Demarcating the space of domination : the politics of freedom -- Liberalism's neutral individual : delimiting racial and sexual difference -- Is the mirror racist? : interrogating the space of whiteness -- The place of sexual difference : idealizing heterosexual desire -- Moving toward resistance : a politics without a future -- Free to be queer : queer to be free -- The temporality of whiteness : anticipating pleasure (and feeling nothin' but guilty) -- The freedom of sovereignty : remembering lost pasts -- Epilogue: A political note against same-sex marriage.

Sommario/riassunto

""Radically reorienting, challenging, provocative, this book moves progressive philosophy, feminist and queer theory, critical discussions of race and racism forward. Prophetically, it calls for an interrogation of all our oppositional theory and politics, offering new and alternative visions."" -- bell hooks In Queering Freedom, Shannon Winnubst examines contemporary categories of difference -- sexuality, race, gender, class, and nationality -- and how they operate within the politics of dominate