Queer Phenomenology Orientations, Objects, Others

Name: Queer Phenomenology Orientations, Objects, Others
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ISBN: 9780822339144

ISBN-10: 0822339145

ISBN-13: 9780822339144

Edition: 2006

Authors: Sara Ahmed

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In this groundbreaking work, Sara Ahmed demonstrates how queer studies can put phenomenology to productive use. Focusing on the "orientation" aspect of "sexual orientation" and the "orient" in "orientalism," Ahmed examines what it means for bodies to be situated in space and time. Bodies take shape as they move through the world directing themselves toward or away from objects and others. Being "orientated" means feeling at home, knowing where one stands, or having certain objects within reach. Orientations affect what is proximate to the body or what can be reached. A queer phenomenology, Ahmed contends, reveals how social relations are arranged spatially, how queerness disrupts and…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 12/4/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.15" wide x 9.25" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

Sara Ahmed works for the Canadian International Development Research Center regional office in New Delhi.



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Find Your Way



Orientations Toward Objects



Sexual Orientation



The Orient and Other Others


Conclusion: Disorientation and Queer Objects


Notes


References


Index