by Michael Warner
- Author(s)
- Michael Warner
- Publication
- New York : Zone Books, 2005
- Scope
- 334 Pages, 23 cm.
- ISBN
- 9781890951290
In the eight essays in this book, Michael Warner addresses the question: What is a public?According to Warner, the idea of a public is one of the central fictions of modern life. Publics have powerful implications for how our social world takes shape, and much of modern life involves struggles over the nature of publics and their interrelations. Combining historical analysis, theoretical reflection, and extensive case studies, Warner shows how the idea of a public can reframe our understanding of contemporary literary works and politics and of our social world in general. In particular, he applies the idea of a public to the junction of two intellectual traditions: public-sphere theory and queer theory.
- Keywords
- queer theory
- Location
- Cabinet 30 - 5: Seksualiteit ; gender en ruimte
- Remarks
- Incl. bibliographical references and Index.
