This book takes a fascinating tour of central ideas of social construction, and provides a unique and accessible overview of the different traditions in constructionist thought.
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The idea of social construction has become a commonplace of much social research, yet precisely what is constructed, and how, and even what constructionism means, is often left murky or taken for granted. Potter offers a tour of the central themes raised by these questions. The …
T̀his is an admirable book which can be recommended to students with confidence, and is likely also to become an indispensable source of reference for those researching fact construction' - Discourse & Society. How is reality manufactured? The idea of social construction has beco…
" ... Range[s] from children's animation to avant-garde performance and queer art to think about ways of being and knowing that stand outside of conventional understandings of success"--Introduction.
" ... Range[s] from children's animation to avant-garde performance and queer art to think about ways of being and knowing that stand outside of conventional understandings of success"--Introduction.
The Queer Art of Failure is about finding alternatives-to conventional understandings of success in a heteronormative, capitalist society; to academic disciplines that confirm what is already known according to approved methods of knowing; and to cultural criticism that claims t…
" ... Range[s] from children's animation to avant-garde performance and queer art to think about ways of being and knowing that stand outside of conventional understandings of success"--Introduction.
The Queer Art of Failure is about finding alternativesoto conventional understandings of success in a heteronormative, capitalist society; to academic disciplines that confirm what is already known according to approved methods of knowing; and to cultural criticism that has exte…
"The Queer Art of Failure is about finding alternatives--to conventional understandings of success in a heteronormative, capitalist society; to academic disciplines that confirm what is already known according to approved methods of knowing; and to cultural criticism that claims…
The Queer Art of Failure is about finding alternatives--to conventional understandings of success in a heteronormative, capitalist society; to academic disciplines that confirm what is already known according to approved methods of knowing; and to cultural criticism that claims …