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No Future - Queer Theory and the Death Drive (Paperback, New)
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No Future - Queer Theory and the Death Drive (Paperback, New)
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In this searing polemic, Lee Edelman outlines a radically
uncompromising new ethics of queer theory. His main target is the
all-pervasive figure of the child, which he reads as the linchpin
of our universal politics of “reproductive futurism.” Edelman
argues that the child, understood as innocence in need of
protection, represents the possibility of the future against which
the queer is positioned as the embodiment of a relentlessly
narcissistic, antisocial, and future-negating drive. He boldly
insists that the efficacy of queerness lies in its very willingness
to embrace this refusal of the social and political order. In No
Future, Edelman urges queers to abandon the stance of accommodation
and accede to their status as figures for the force of a negativity
that he links with irony, jouissance, and, ultimately, the death
drive itself.Closely engaging with literary texts, Edelman makes a
compelling case for imagining Scrooge without Tiny Tim and Silas
Marner without little Eppie. Looking to Alfred Hitchcock’s films,
he embraces two of the director’s most notorious creations: the
sadistic Leonard of North by Northwest, who steps on the hand that
holds the couple precariously above the abyss, and the terrifying
title figures of The Birds, with their predilection for children.
Edelman enlarges the reach of contemporary psychoanalytic theory as
he brings it to bear not only on works of literature and film but
also on such current political flashpoints as gay marriage and gay
parenting. Throwing down the theoretical gauntlet, No Future
reimagines queerness with a passion certain to spark an equally
impassioned debate among its readers.
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Imprint: |
Duke University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Series Q |
Release date: |
December 2004 |
Firstpublished: |
December 2004 |
Authors: |
Lee Edelman
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Dimensions: |
235 x 145 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
191 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8223-3369-2 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-8223-3369-4 |
Barcode: |
9780822333692 |
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