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The Ethics of Marginality. New Approach to Gay Studies.
John Champagne
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Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
Is celebration of culturally marginalized people by the dominant culture actually benefitting those who are oppressed? Whose stakes are served in such a celebration, and how are existing power relations altered? These are some of the questions John Champagne asks in this original and timely critique, which moves gay studies beyond both identity politics and the "rights" discourse within which much of contemporary gay studies is positioned.
Champagne argues that in the modern West, culturally marginalized people such as gays cannot define and legitimate their own existence outside the framework established for them by the dominant group. To illustrate his premise, ... Read moreProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816625338
SKU
V9780816625338
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About John Champagne
John Champagne is an assistant professor at Pennsylvania State University, Erie, The Behrend College, where he teaches English. His critical writings have appeared in numerous journals; he is also a novelist, poet, and essayist. Donald E. Pease is editor of the journal boundary 2.
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