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Postmodern Feminism

3 books

2011 / English

The Queer Art of Failure

By Jack Halberstam

Halberstam challenges success standards in heteronormative capitalist society, exploring the productive potential of failure as a form of resistance. Through analysis of popular culture and queer theory, the author proposes 'low theory' as a mode of thinking and writing, redefining failure not as deficiency but as a strategy for subverting mainstream values.