Publication

2022 - Manchester University Press

Language

English

Word Count

68,000 words, Guess

Page Count

272 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781526156938
  • ISBN-101526156938
  • Better World Books9781526156938
  • Open LibraryOL33913962M

Description

De-centering queer theory seeks to reorient queer theory to a different conception of bodies and sexuality derived from Eastern European Marxism. The book articulates a contrast between the concept of the productive body, which draws its epistemology from Soviet and avant-garde theorists, and Cold War gender, which is defined as the social construction of the body. The first part of the book concentrates on the theoretical and visual production of Eastern European Marxism, which proposed an alternative version of sexuality to that of western liberalism. In doing so it offers a historical angle to understand the emergence not only of an alternative epistemology, but also of queer theory's vocabulary. The second part of the book provides a Marxist, anti-capitalist archive for queer studies, which often neglects to engage critically with its liberal and Cold War underpinnings.

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  • De-Centering Queer TheoryManchester University Press2022

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