by Judith Halberstam
- Auteur(s)
- Judith Halberstam
- Uitgever
- Durham, NC ; London : Duke University Press, 2011
- Omvang
- 212 p., geïllustreerd, 23.5 cm.
- ISBN
- 9780822350453
In The Queer Art of Failure Judith 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. She 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.
- Trefwoorden
- queer theory
- Locatie in de bibliotheek
- Kast 30 - 5: Seksualiteit ; gender en ruimte
- Extra thema's
- Body and Architecture, Body and Space, Residents and the built environment ;
- Opmerkingen
- Incl. bibliographical references and Index.
