Touching Feeling by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
This book delves into the complexities of emotion, affect, and performativity within the realm of queer theory and literary analysis. It challenges traditional boundaries between disciplines, advocating for a more nuanced understanding of how texts and emotions interact. Through a series of essays, the work explores various aspects of affect, including shame, love, and pedagogy, and how these emotions are experienced and represented. The author employs an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from psychology, philosophy, and critical theory, to argue for the importance of affect in shaping our understanding of identity, culture, and social relations. This insightful exploration encourages readers to reconsider the role of feelings in the critical analysis and the ways in which emotions are deeply intertwined with the politics of queer identity.
The 8031st greatest book of all time
- Published
- 2003
- Nationality
- American
- Type
- Fiction
- Pages
- 195-205
- Words
- Unknown
- Original Language
- English
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