Love and degradation : excessive desires in queer-feminist art / William J. Simmons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simmons, William J., 1992- author.

Series:

Re:criticisms

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality and art.

Feminism and art.

Queer theory.

Feminist theory.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 142 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2025]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"An exploration of queer/feminist art, film, and culture through essays, collaborations, and memoirs that illustrate new ways of discussing art and pop culture to create community and empathy rather than hierarchies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : leaving Calabasas

The presumption of light : on Toyin Ojih Odutola's The treatment

Normative desire/narrative desire and the production of love in Villette

Bad feminism : on queer-feminist relatability and the production of truth in Fleabag

Glenn Ligon's Untitled (Negro sunshine) : toward a queer theory of post-critique

"Banality is sometimes striking" : on Felix Gonzalez-Torres

On affect and criticality in Steve McQueen's Widows

A paucity of words (for Kristin Scott Thomas)

Borderline personality disorder in Spencer (for Stankie)

Love and the paraliterary : on Barbara Kruger's Picture/readings

Deborah Kass : teenage dream

Conclusion : there is only love/queerness is dead/you said you needed space.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed March 21, 2025)

Other Format:

Print version: Simmons, William J., 1992- Love and degradation

ISBN:

9780271099323

0271099321

9780271099330

027109933X

OCLC:

1479772252

Publisher Number:

CIPO000151346

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license