The Ethics of Opting Out: Queer Theory's Defiant Subjects by Ruti, Mari

The Ethics of Opting Out: Queer Theory's Defiant Subjects (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780231180917)

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Format: Paperback
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The Ethics of Opting Out: Queer Theory's Defiant Subjects by Ruti, Mari

The Ethics of Opting Out: Queer Theory's Defiant Subjects

$32.00
The Ethics of Opting Out: Queer Theory's Defiant Subjects by Ruti, Mari

The Ethics of Opting Out: Queer Theory's Defiant Subjects

$32.00
Format: Paperback
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In The Ethics of Opting Out, Mari Ruti provides an accessible yet theoretically rigorous account of the ideological divisions that have animated queer theory during the last decade, paying particular attention to the field's rejection of dominant neoliberal narratives of success, cheerfulness, and self-actualization. More specifically, she focuses on queer negativity in the work of Lee Edelman, Jack Halberstam, and Lynne Huffer, and on the rhetoric of bad feelings found in the work of Sara Ahmed, Lauren Berlant, David Eng, Heather Love, and José Muñoz. Ruti highlights the ways in which queer theory's desire to opt out of normative society rewrites ethical theory and practice in genuinely innovative ways at the same time as she resists turning antinormativity into a new norm. This wide-ranging and thoughtful book maps the parameters of contemporary queer theory in order to rethink the foundational assumptions of the field.

Author: Mari Ruti
ISBN-10: 0231180918
ISBN-13: 9780231180917
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/07/2017
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d
By Mari Ruti
By Mari Ruti
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Mari Ruti is professor of critical theory and of sexual diversity studies at the University of Toronto. She is the author of nine books, most recently Between Levinas and Lacan: Self, Other, Ethics (2015).

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