The Trouble with Normal (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
240
Utgivningsdatum
2000-11-01
Upplaga
New ed
Förlag
Harvard University Press
Illustrationer
Ill.
Dimensioner
215 x 140 x 20 mm
Vikt
340 g
Antal komponenter
1
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WORKSHEET
ISBN
9780674004412

The Trouble with Normal

Sex, Politics and the Ethics of Queer Life

av Michael Warner
Häftad,  Engelska, 2000-11-01

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Michael Warner, one of our most brilliant social critics, argues that gay marriage and other moves toward normalcy are bad not just for gays but for everyone. In place of sexual status quo, Warner offers a vision of true sexual autonomy that will forever change the way we think about sex, shame and identity.

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To the aspiration to conformity and the domination of the 'normal,' Warner opposes a moral argument based upon an ideal of autonomy and liberty, upon the idea that a democratic culture needs to encourage, not to stifle, innovations and deviations in living, in order to discover the most fruitful ways to realize its ideal of human dignity...Warner is a deft and thoughtful writer who turns his own experience of the margins into a source of genuine understanding about America and its sexual politics...For what Warner's book finally demands of us is...genuine reflection. -- Martha Nussbaum New Republic In The Trouble with Normal, Warner offers both a sharp-witted defense of 'sexual autonomy' and a prescription for 'sexual ethics' that rests on the real experience of individuals rather than the imagined wisdom of the group...Warner lambastes the current course of gay activism, arguing that the drive to marriage and the illusion of normality are founded on a phony morality that will only further stigmatize the queer community at large. -- Peter Kruth Salon.com

Övrig information

Michael Warner is Seymour H. Knox Professor of English and American Studies at Yale University. He is the editor of American Sermons: The Pilgrims to Martin Luther King and Fear of a Queer Planet. He also writes for The Nation, The Advocate, The Village Voice, and other periodicals.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface Chapter One The Ethics of Sexual Shame Chapter Two What's Wrong with Normal? Chapter Three Beyond Gay Marriage Chapter Four Zoning Out Sex Conclusion The Politics of Shame and HIV Prevention Notes

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