Queering freedom - Winnubst, Shannon (Indiana University Press, 2006)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction: The seduction of freedom -- Demarcating the space of domination : the politics of freedom -- Liberalism's neutral individual : delimiting racial and sexual difference -- Is the mirror racist? : interrogating the space of whiteness -- The place of sexual difference : idealizing heterosexual desire -- Moving toward resistance : a politics without a future -- Free to be queer : queer to be free -- The temporality of whiteness : anticipating pleasure (and feeling nothin' but guilty) -- The freedom of sovereignty : remembering lost pasts -- Epilogue: A political note against same-sex marriage
In Queering Freedom, Shannon Winnubst examines contemporary categories of difference--sexuality, race, gender, class, and nationality--and how they operate within the politics of domination. Drawing on the work of Georges Bataille, Michel Foucault, and others, Winnubst engages feminist theory, race theory, and queer theory as she sheds light on blind spots that have characterized thinking about freedom. She develops strategies of ''queering freedom'' to undo the more subtle spatial and temporal norms and shatter structures of domination. This thoughtful and provocative work challenges the corn