On Making Sense : Queer Race Narratives of Intelligibility

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martínez, Ernesto.

Series:

Stanford studies in comparative race and ethnicity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual minorities' writings, American--History and criticism.

Sexual minorities' writings, American.

Gay people's writings, American--History and criticism.

Gay people's writings, American.

American literature--History and criticism--Minority authors.

American literature.

Sexual minorities in literature.

Homosexuality in literature.

Race in literature.

LGBTQ+ people of colour.

LGBTQ+ people in literature.

Queer people's writings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On Making Sense juxtaposes texts produced by Black, Latino, and Asian queer writers and artists to understand how knowledge is acquired and produced in contexts of racial and gender oppression. From James Baldwin's 1960's novel Another Country to Margaret Cho's turn-of-the-century stand-up comedy, these works all exhibit a preoccupation with intelligibility, or the labor of making sense of oneself and of making sense to others. In their efforts to "make sense," these writers and artists argue against merely being accepted by society on society's terms, but articulate a desire to confront epistemic injustice--an injustice that affects people in their capacity as knowers and as communities worthy of being known. The book speaks directly to critical developments in feminist and queer studies, including the growing ambivalence to antirealist theories of identity and knowledge. In so doing, it draws on decolonial and realist theory to offer a new framework to understand queer writers and artists of color as dynamic social theorists.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: On the Practice and Politics of Intelligibility; 1. Morrison and Butler on Language and Knowledge; 2. Dying to Know in Baldwin's Another Country; 3. Queer Latina/o Migrant Labor; 4. Shifting the Site of Queer Enunciation; 5. Cho's Faggot Pageantry; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 15. Sep 2020)

ISBN:

9780804784016

0804784019

OCLC:

818110263