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Ernesto Javier Martinez - On Making Sense - 9780804783392 - V9780804783392
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On Making Sense

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Description for On Making Sense hardcover. This book examines the contributions of queer writers and artists of color to contemporary social theory. Series: Stanford Studies in Comparative Race and Ethnicity. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.

On Making Sense juxtaposes texts produced by black, Latino, and Asian queer writers and artists to understand how knowledge is acquired and produced in contexts of racial and gender oppression. From James Baldwin's 1960s novel Another Country to Margaret Cho's turn-of-the-century stand-up comedy, these works all exhibit a preoccupation with intelligibility, or the labor of making sense of oneself and of making sense to others. In their efforts to "make sense," these writers and artists argue against merely being accepted by society on society's terms, but articulate a desire to confront epistemic injustice—an injustice that affects people in their capacity ... Read more

The book speaks directly to critical developments in feminist and queer studies, including the growing ambivalence to antirealist theories of identity and knowledge. In so doing, it draws on decolonial and realist theory to offer a new framework to understand queer writers and artists of color as dynamic social theorists.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Stanford Studies in Comparative Race and Ethnicity
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804783392
SKU
V9780804783392
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Ref
99-50

About Ernesto Javier Martinez
Ernesto Javier Martínez is an Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and of Ethnic Studies at the University of Oregon. He is the co-editor of Gay Latino Studies: A Critical Reader (2011).

Reviews for On Making Sense
"On the whole, Ernesto Javier Martinez's book makes a salient point that will warm the hearts and raise the hopes of a wide range of audiences, beginning with constituencies in the global north invested in decolonializing justice as idea and practice, and including constituencies of resistance to hegemonic and/or imperializing theories anywhere in the global south. The aforesaid point - ... Read more

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