"No Future' offers a new & radically uncompromising ethics of queer theory. Citing the figure of the child as the lynchpin of heteronormative culture, Edelman urges queers to abandon accomodation & to embrace their status as figures beyond the consensus of those always 'fighting…
This is a dialogue between Lauren Berlant and Lee Edelman, two of our leading theorists of sexuality, politics, and culture. In juxtaposing sex and the unbearable they don't propose that sex is unbearable, only that it unleashes unbearable contradictions that we nonetheless stru…
The book is a dialogue between Lauren Berlant and Lee Edelman, two theorists of sexuality, politics, and culture. In juxtaposing sex and the unbearable they don't propose that sex is unbearable, only that it unleashes unbearable contradictions that we nonetheless struggle to bea…
Through virtuoso interpretations of works of cinema, photography, critical theory, and literature, including Lydia Davis' story "Break It Down" (reprinted in full here), this book explores what it means to live with negativity, with those divisions that may be irreparable.