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On Making Sense [[electronic resource] ] : Queer Race Narratives of Intelligibility



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Autore: Martínez Ernesto Visualizza persona
Titolo: On Making Sense [[electronic resource] ] : Queer Race Narratives of Intelligibility Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Palo Alto, : Stanford University Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
Disciplina: 810.9/920664
810.9920664
Soggetto topico: Sexual minorities' writings, American - History and criticism
Gay people's writings, American - History and criticism
American literature - History and criticism - Minority authors
Sexual minorities in literature
Homosexuality in literature
Race in literature
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: On the Practice and Politics of Intelligibility; 1. Morrison and Butler on Language and Knowledge; 2. Dying to Know in Baldwin's Another Country; 3. Queer Latina/o Migrant Labor; 4. Shifting the Site of Queer Enunciation; 5. Cho's Faggot Pageantry; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: On Making Sense juxtaposes texts produced by black, Latino, and Asian queer writers and artists to understand how knowledge is acquired and produced in contexts of racial and gender oppression. From James Baldwin's 1960's novel Another Country to Margaret Cho's turn-of-the-century stand-up comedy, these works all exhibit a preoccupation with intelligibility, or the labor of making sense of oneself and of making sense to others. In their efforts to "make sense," these writers and artists argue against merely being accepted by society on society's terms, but articulate a desire to confront epistemic injustice--an injustice that affects people in their capacity as knowers and as communities worthy of being known. The book speaks directly to critical developments in feminist and queer studies, including the growing ambivalence to antirealist theories of identity and knowledge. In so doing, it draws on decolonial and realist theory to offer a new framework to understand queer writers and artists of color as dynamic social theorists.
Titolo autorizzato: On Making Sense  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8047-8401-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910828626103321
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Serie: Stanford studies in comparative race and ethnicity