Judith Halberstam
The Queer Art of Failure
- ISBN 13:
- 9780822350453
- author:
- Judith Halberstam
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Duke University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 23.2 x 14.5 x 1.5 cm
- Genre:
- Art, Architecture & Photography
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Queer Art of Failure by Jack Halberstam and Judith Halberstam explores unconventional understandings of success in a heteronormative society. The authors propose "low theory" as a mode of thinking and writing that operates at multiple levels, derived from eccentric archives and willing to take risks of failure and loss. Halberstam examines the unexpected and subversive in popular culture, avant-garde performance, and queer art, including animated children's films that reveal narratives filled with transformative and queer encounters. By embracing failure, the authors find creative, cooperative, and surprising ways of being in the world, even as they confront the dark side of life, love, and libido. This book offers a unique perspective on resistance and complicity, encouraging readers to rethink conventional archives and approaches to cultural criticism.
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