Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others

235 Pages·2006·5.47 MB·English

by  Sara Ahmed

QUEER PHENOMENOLOGY

Sara Ahmed
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DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS
DURHAM AND LONDON 2006
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CONTENTS
ix Acknowledgments
1 IntroducFtiionYndo: uW ra y
25 Chap1t:Oe rri entTaowtairoOdnb sj ects
65 Chap2t:Se exru aOlr ientation
Chap3tT:e hreO rieanntOd thOert hers
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ConcluDsiisoonr:i eanntQday teeiro nO bjects
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181 Notes
203 References
217 Index

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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