{"product_id":"beckett-beyond-the-normal-se-n-kennedy-9781474460477","title":"Beckett Beyond the Normal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplores Beckett's artistic vision at the intersection of queer, disability and posthumanist studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe first volume to address norms and normalcy as an enduring target of Beckettian skepticism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShifts the emphasis from generic talk of 'Other Becketts' to specific accounts of the queer, the disabling, the abnormalising aspects of the mature works\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAbsorbs and transcends the philosophy\/history binary that has shaped the last twenty years\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings Beckett Studies into the twenty-first century as the first intersectional volume to address queerness, disability and biopolitics together\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book examines why Beckett's writing is so queer, so disabled and disabling. Why did Beckett write so often about mental illness, disability, perversion? Why did he take such an interest in 'abnormals' and 'degenerates'? How did he reconceive 'the human' in the wake of Hitler and Stalin? Drawing on Beckett's voluminous archive, as well as his primary texts, the authors use psychoanalysis, queer theory, disability theory and biopolitics to push Beckett studies beyond the normal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Se疣 Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147446047X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474460477\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.36d","brand":"Se疣 Kennedy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44130066235647,"sku":"9781474460477","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_31b3ee7f-cbbb-4fe2-a3a9-b94ee4698b1e.jpg?v=1687467374","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beckett-beyond-the-normal-se-n-kennedy-9781474460477","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}