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Virtuous Vice: Homoeroticism and the Public Sphere (Series Q)
Eric O. Clarke
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Description for Virtuous Vice: Homoeroticism and the Public Sphere (Series Q)
paperback. Using queer theory and Marx's theory of value to explore issues of assimilation, representation, and equivalence, this book traces the concepts through selected 19th-century texts and contemporary gay and lesbian studies. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 248 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
In this daring study of queer life and the public sphere, Eric O. Clarke examines the effects of inclusion within public culture. Departing from studies that emphasize homophobia and its mechanisms of exclusion, Virtuous Vice details how mainstream efforts to represent queers affirmatively continually fall short of full democratic enfranchisement. Clarke draws on contemporary writings along with late-eighteenth- and nineteenth-century English and European cultural history to investigate how concepts of value, representation, and homoeroticism have interacted and circulated in the West since the Enlightenment.
Examining the role of eroticism in citizenship and why only normalizing
constructions of homosexuality enable inclusion, ... Read more
In this daring study of queer life and the public sphere, Eric O. Clarke examines the effects of inclusion within public culture. Departing from studies that emphasize homophobia and its mechanisms of exclusion, Virtuous Vice details how mainstream efforts to represent queers affirmatively continually fall short of full democratic enfranchisement. Clarke draws on contemporary writings along with late-eighteenth- and nineteenth-century English and European cultural history to investigate how concepts of value, representation, and homoeroticism have interacted and circulated in the West since the Enlightenment.
Examining the role of eroticism in citizenship and why only normalizing
constructions of homosexuality enable inclusion, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Series Q
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822325130
SKU
V9780822325130
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About Eric O. Clarke
Eric O. Clarke is Associate Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh.
Reviews for Virtuous Vice: Homoeroticism and the Public Sphere (Series Q)
“The intensifying conflict between sex-radical queers and morally righteous gay citizens has lead to the ruination of contemporary sexual politics. Eric Clarke shows the way through the impasse with his viciously sharp analyses, which display the virtues of theoretical precision and historically informed scholarship. His book will transform how we think about sexuality and citizenship, about visibility, democracy, and the ... Read more