Epistemology of the Closet, Updated with a New Preface (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition)

Since the late 1980s, queer studies and theory have become vital to the intellectual and political life of the United States. This has been due, in no small degree, to the influence of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick's critically acclaimed "Epistemology of the Closet". Working from classic texts of European and American writers - including Melville, James, Nietzsche, Proust, and Wilde -Sedgwick analyzes a turn-of-the-century historical moment in which sexual orientation became as important a demarcation of personhood as gender had been for centuries. In her preface to this updated edition Sedgwick places the book both personally and historically, looking specifically at the horror of the first wave of the AIDS epidemic and its influence on the text.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	258
Edition:	2 Revised Edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-25406-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gay & Lesbian studies > General
LSN:	0-520-25406-6
Barcode:	9780520254060

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