{"product_id":"lesbian-feminist-killjoys-wendy-mallette-9781479839377","title":"Lesbian Feminist Killjoys: Sin, Queer Negativity, and Inherited Guilt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow lesbian feminist theories of sex illuminate public anxieties about sin, guilt, and innocence\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStereotyped as manhating, puritanical killjoys, lesbian feminists have drawn almost as much contempt as the conservative Christian movements to which they are compared. Rather than dismissing this negativity, \u003ci\u003eLesbian Feminist Killjoys\u003c\/i\u003e embraces it. The book proposes that the negativity of an earlier era sheds light on irresolvable complicities that shape queer and trans life today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrounded in the archives of lesbian feminist movements, \u003ci\u003eLesbian Feminist Killjoys\u003c\/i\u003e centers the contributions of four key lesbian feminists: Beverly Smith, Andrea Dworkin, Pat Parker, and Jill Johnston. Author Wendy Mallette unpacks these writers' understanding of sex as inextricably tied to patriarchy, capitalism, racism, and colonialism. Their thinking is brought into conversation with theorizations of queer negativity and the concept of social sin. By taking cues from Black, womanist, and queer Christian theology, Mallette traces how fantasies of innocence--appearing in feminist and queer studies, Christian theology, and debates about sex and race in the public sphere--underwrite a violent tendency to disavow guilt and scapegoat others. Mallette also responds to denials of inherited guilt displayed in recent anti-critical race theory, anti-DEI, and anti-trans legislation. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eLesbian Feminist Killjoys\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how strands of negativity can offer powerful resources to contend with gender and racial oppression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wendy Mallette\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147983937X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479839377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Wendy Mallette","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48517148705023,"sku":"9781479839377","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c0f2bccb-10ee-48d2-9fa0-1c553f7fae6e.jpg?v=1778730230","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lesbian-feminist-killjoys-wendy-mallette-9781479839377","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}