The Ethics of Opting Out: Queer Theory's Defiant Subjects - Couverture souple

Ruti, Mari

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0231180918 ISBN 13 : 9780231180917

Editeur : Columbia University Press, 2017

Synopsis

In The Ethics of Opting Out, Mari Ruti provides an accessible yet theoretically rigorous account of the ideological divisions that have animated queer theory during the last decade, paying particular attention to the field's rejection of dominant neoliberal narratives of success, cheerfulness, and self-actualization. More specifically, she focuses on queer negativity in the work of Lee Edelman, Jack Halberstam, and Lynne Huffer, and on the rhetoric of bad feelings found in the work of Sara Ahmed, Lauren Berlant, David Eng, Heather Love, and José Muñoz. Ruti highlights the ways in which queer theory's desire to opt out of normative society rewrites ethical theory and practice in genuinely innovative ways at the same time as she resists turning antinormativity into a new norm. This wide-ranging and thoughtful book maps the parameters of contemporary queer theory in order to rethink the foundational assumptions of the field.

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À propos de l'auteur

Mari Ruti (PhD, Comparative Literature, Harvard) is Distinguished Professor of Critical Theory and of Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Toronto. She is the author of numerous books, including The Ethics of Opting Out: Queer Theory's Defiant Subjects (Columbia, 2017), and Penis Envy and Other Bad Feelings: The Psychological and Emotional Costs of Everyday Life (Columbia, 2018). She specializes in critical theory, psychoanalysis, and feminist theory.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Columbia University Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0231180918
• ISBN 13: 9780231180917
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264
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• Personne responsable: non disponible