Shock and yawn : resisting banal terror through queer storytelling / Megan Sibbett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sibbett, Megan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anzaldúa, Gloria--Criticism and interpretation.

Anzaldúa, Gloria.

Pérez, Emma, 1954- Forgetting the Alamo, or, Blood memory.

Pérez, Emma.

Viramontes, Helena María, 1954- Their dogs came with them.

Viramontes, Helena María.

Violence--Social aspects.

Violence.

Violence in literature.

Terrorism--Social aspects.

Terrorism.

Queer theory--United States.

Queer theory.

Feminist theory--United States.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

149 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2026]

Summary:

"Examines diverse materials such as government campaigns, PSAs, advertising, social media, news sources, poems, interviews, and novels to build on the theories of Gloria Anzaldúa and others, arguing that queer storytelling is an ideal avenue for recognizing, theorizing, and subverting state-sanctioned, mundane violence committed in the name of protection"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Everyday See-Say

Benevolent protection and the criminality of failure

Shock and coffee : the cultures of mundane violence, kids, and queer thinking

Decolonial histories : normalized national terrorism in Emma Pérez's Forgetting the Alamo, or, Blood memory

Dogged progress : domestic war zones in Helena María Viramontes's Their dogs came with them

Conclusion: Queer stories every day.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-143) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Sibbett, Megan. Shock and yawn.

ISBN:

9780814216101

0814216102

9780814259795

0814259790

OCLC:

1543516680