On Making Sense
Queer Race Narratives of Intelligibility
On Making Sense juxtaposes texts produced by black, Latino, and Asian queer writers and artists to understand how knowledge is acquired and produced in contexts of racial and gender oppression. From James Baldwin's 1960s novel Another Country to Margaret Cho's turn-of-the-century stand-up comedy, these works all exhibit a preoccupation with intelligibility, or the labor of making sense of oneself and of making sense to others. In their efforts to make sense, these writers and artists argue against merely being accepted by society on society's terms, but articulate a desire to confront epistemic injustice-an injustice that affects people in th…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8047-8401-6
- EAN: 9780804784016
- Produktnummer: 23012224
- Verlag: Stanford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 216 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'074 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Ernesto Javier Martínez is an Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and of Ethnic Studies at the University of Oregon. He is the co-editor of Gay Latino Studies: A Critical Reader (2011).
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