Sex, or the Unbearable

by Lee Edelman and Lauren Berlant

Book Overview

Sex, or the Unbearable 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 struggle to bear. In Berlant and Edelman's exchange, those terms invoke disturbances produced in encounters with others, ourselves,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822355949
• ISBN13: 9780822355946
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 149 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 9.0"