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

• Autore: Winnubst Shannon
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 pages)
• Disciplina: 305/.01
• Soggetto topico: Liberty; Boundaries - Social aspects; Differentiation (Sociology); Dominance (Psychology); Power (Social sciences)
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Queering freedom
• ISBN: 9786612072918; 1-282-07291-9; 0-253-11211-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812436203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II