Epistemology of the Closet, Updated with a New Preface
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Epistemology of the Closet, Updated with a New Preface by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
Since the late 1980s, queer studies and theory have become vital to the intellectual and political life of the United States. Working from texts of European and American writers, this work analyzes a turn-of-the-century historical moment in which sexual orientation became as important a demarcation of personhood as gender had been for centuries.
"Close readings of Melville's Billy Budd, Wilde's Dorian Gray, and of Proust, Nietzsche, Henry James, and Thackeray bristle with keen observations relating entrenched fears of same-sex relationships to contemporary gay-bashing" * Publishers Weekly *
"No book I have recently read is as successful as Sedgwick's in making provocative connections between literary acts and social dynamics." * The Nation *
"Pioneering and rewarding. Sedgwick has zeroed in on the taboo area of male sexuality, and the architecture she exposes is stunning." * Boston Globe *
"An important contribution to lesbian and gay studies." * San Francisco Chronicle *
“To read (and reread) Sedgwick’s Epistemology of the Closet is a rewarding experience. This text will shatter the framework through which you think about life.” * Feminist Review *
"No book I have recently read is as successful as Sedgwick's in making provocative connections between literary acts and social dynamics." * The Nation *
"Pioneering and rewarding. Sedgwick has zeroed in on the taboo area of male sexuality, and the architecture she exposes is stunning." * Boston Globe *
"An important contribution to lesbian and gay studies." * San Francisco Chronicle *
"Brilliant as a work of literary criticism, a cultural study, a political analysis, and as a landmark in the development of lesbian and gay studies."
* Women's Review of Books *“To read (and reread) Sedgwick’s Epistemology of the Closet is a rewarding experience. This text will shatter the framework through which you think about life.” * Feminist Review *
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick is Distinguished Professor of English at City University of New York Graduate Center. Her books include Between Men, Tendencies, A Dialogue on Love, and Touching Feeling.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780520254060 |
| ISBN 10 | 0520254066 |
| Title | Epistemology of the Closet, Updated with a New Preface |
| Author | Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 2008-01-17 |
| Number of pages | 280 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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