Following debates surrounding the anti-social turn in queer theory in recent years, there has been a renewed interest in the role of activism, the limits of the political, and the question of normativity and ethics. Queer Futures engages with these concerns, exploring issues of complicity and agency with a central focus on the material and economic as well as philosophical dimensions of sexual politics. Presenting some of the latest research in queer theory, this book draws together diverse perspectives to shed light on possible 'queer futures' when different affective, temporal, and local contexts are brought into play. As such, it will appeal to scholars of cultural, political, literary, and social theory, as well as those with interests in gender and sexuality, activism, and queer theory.
Introduction Introducing Queer Futures, ElaheHaschemi Yekani, EvelineKilian, BeatriceMichaelis; Framing Activism, Adriande Silva; No Fat Future? The Uses of Anti-Social Queer Theory for Fat Activism, FrancisRay White; Cripping the Visual: Visual Politics in Crip Queer Activism, HeikeRaab; Intersexualization and Queer-Anarchist Futures, LenaEckert; Beyond the Politics of Inclusion: Securitization and Agential Formations in Brazilian LGBT Parades, JanSimon Hutta; Pink Prisons, Rosy Futures? The Prison Politics of the Pink Triangle, DominiqueGrisard; Beyond the Political?, Vojin SašaVukadinovi?; Race, Sex, and the Incommensurate: Gary Fisher with Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, José EstebanMuñoz; The Third World Queer, BobbyBenedicto; Queers in Concrete: Media and Intervention, AmyVillarejo; Ethical Challenges and the Lures of Normativity, JensBorcherding; Queering the Inorganic, Jeffrey J.Cohen; The Queer Ethic and the Spirit of Normativity, Roderick A.Ferguson; Queer Betrayals, JackHalberstam; Queer Theory Does It Raw, Aidan T.A.Varney; Affirm Survival, IngeborgSvensson;
