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The Body in French Queer Thought from Wittig to Preciado: Queer Permeability

The Body in French Queer Thought from Wittig to Preciado: Queer Permeability

Evans, Elliot

Hardcover

Series: Research in Sexualities

PhilosophyGeneral Gender StudiesWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0367142368
ISBN13: 9780367142360
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 17 2020
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.98
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The Body in French Queer Thought from Wittig to Preciado: Queer Permeability identifies a common concern in French queer works for the materiality of the body, arguing for a return to the body as fundamental to queer thought and politics, from HIV onwards.

The emergence of queer theory in France offers an opportunity to re-evaluate the state of queer thought more widely: what matters to queer theory today? The energy of queer thinking in France - grounded in activist groups and galvanised by recent hostility towards same-sex marriage and gay parenting - has reignited queer debates. Examining Paul B. Preciado's experimentation with theory and pharmaceutical testosterone; Monique Wittig's exploration of the body through radically innovative language; and, finally, the surgical performances of French artist ORLAN's 'Art Charnel', this book asks how we are able to account for the material body in philosophy, literature, and visual image.

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