Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others

by Sara Ahmed

Book Overview

In this groundbreaking work, Sara Ahmed demonstrates how queer studies can put phenomenology to productive use. Focusing on the "orientation" aspect of "sexual orientation" and the "orient" in "orientalism," Ahmed examines what it means for bodies to be situated in space and time. Bodies take shape as they move through the world directing themselves toward or away from objects and others. Being "orientated" means feeling at home, knowing where one...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822339145
• ISBN13: 9780822339144
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"