Duke University Press Books, Date: 2011-09-18. paperback. New. 6x0x9. 2011. Duke University Press Books ISBN 0822350459 9780822350453 [US]

ISBN10: 0822350459, ISBN13: 9780822350453, [publisher: Duke University Press Books] Softcover
[Milano, MI, Italy] [Publication Year: 2011]

ISBN10: 0822350459, ISBN13: 9780822350453, [publisher: Duke University Press, North Carolina] Softcover Paperback. The Queer Art of Failure is about finding alternatives-to conventional understandings of success in a heteronormative, capitalist society; to academic disciplines that confirm what is already known according to approved methods of knowing; and to cultural criticism that claims to break new ground but cleaves to conventional archives. Jack Halberstam proposes "low theory" as a mode of thinking and writing that operates at many different levels at once. Low theory is derived from eccentric archives. It runs the risk of not being taken seriously. It entails a willingness to fail and to lose one's way, to pursue difficult questions about complicity, and to find counterintuitive forms of resistance. Tacking back and forth between high theory and low theory, high culture and low culture, Halberstam looks for the unexpected and subversive in popular culture, avant-garde performance, and queer art. Halberstam pays particular attention to animated children's films, revealing narratives filled with unexpected encounters between the childish, the transformative, and the queer. Failure sometimes offers more creative, cooperative, and surprising ways of being in the world, even as it forces us to face the dark side of life, love, and libido. Proposes "low theory" as a means of recovering ways of being and forms of knowledge not ...
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ISBN10: 0822350459, ISBN13: 9780822350453, [publisher: Duke University Press] Softcover Proposes "low theory" as a means of recovering ways of being and forms of knowledge not legitimized by existing systems and institutions Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 224 pages, 37 illustrations, including 14 in colour. BIC Classification: AB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340. . 2011. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
[Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2011]

ISBN10: 0822350459, ISBN13: 9780822350453, [publisher: Duke University Press, United States, North Carolina] Softcover The Queer Art of Failure is about finding alternativesto conventional understandings of success in a heteronormative, capitalist society; to academic disciplines that confirm what is already known according to approved methods of knowing; and to cultural criticism that claims to break new ground but cleaves to conventional archives. Jack Halberstam proposes low theory as a mode of thinking and writing that operates at many different levels at once. Low theory is derived from eccentric archives. It runs the risk of not being taken seriously. It entails a willingness to fail and to lose ones way, to pursue difficult questions about complicity, and to find counterintuitive forms of resistance. Tacking back and forth between high theory and low theory, high culture and low culture, Halberstam looks for the unexpected and subversive in popular culture, avant-garde performance, and queer art. Halberstam pays particular attention to animated childrens films, revealing narratives filled with unexpected encounters between the childish, the transformative, and the queer. Failure sometimes offers more creative, cooperative, and surprising ways of being in the world, even as it forces us to face the dark side of life, love, and libido. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine ...

ISBN10: 0822350459, ISBN13: 9780822350453, [publisher: Duke University Press Books] Softcover
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