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

Ruti, Mari

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ISBN 10: 0231180918 ISBN 13: 9780231180917

Casa editrice: Columbia Univ Pr, 2017

Riassunto

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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Informazioni sull'autore

Mari Ruti is professor of critical theory and of sexual diversity studies at the University of Toronto. She is the author of nine books, most recently Between Levinas and Lacan: Self, Other, Ethics (2015).

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Columbia Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0231180918
• ISBN 13: 9780231180917
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 252
• Contatto del produttore: Columbia University Press; https://cup.columbia.edu/; ; OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 412 LOW MEMORIAL LIBRARY 535 W. 116THSTR; NEW YORK; NY; 10027; U.S.A.
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