Derrida and Queer Theory
- Edited by Christian Hite
Published on May 26, 2017 by punctum books
- Pages
- 294 pages
- Languages
- English
- Dimensions
- 5⤫8 in.
- ISBN (Paperback)
- ISBN: 978-0-9985318-9-2 (Paperback)
- BISAC subject codes
- BISAC: PHI043000, SOC064000
- Thema subject codes
- THEMA: DSA, JBSJ, QDHR7
Coming from behind (derrière) — how else to describe a volume called “Derrida and Queer Theory”? As if arriving late to the party, or, indeed, after the party is already over. After all, we already have Deleuze and Queer Theory and, of course, Saint Foucault. And judging by Annamarie Jagose’s Queer Theory: An Introduction, in which there is not a single mention of “Derrida” (or “deconstruction”) — even in the sub-chapter titled “The Post-Structuralist Context of Queer” — one would think that Derrida was not only late to the party, but was never there at all.
This untimely volume, then, with wide-ranging essays from key thinkers in the field, addresses, among other things, what could be called the disavowed debt to “Derrida” in canonical “queer theory.”
Contents
Frontmatter (i–x)
Christian Hite
The Gift from (of the) "Behind" (Derrière): Intro-extro-duction (10–23)
Christian Hite
Preposturous Preface: Derrida and Queer Discourse (24–67)
J. Hillis Miller
Impossible Uncanniness: Deconstruction and Queer Theory (68–91)
Nicholas Royle
No Kingdom of the Queer (92–107)
Calvin Thomas
Derrida and the Question of "Woman" (108–130)
Sarah Dillon
Les chats de Derrida (132–163)
Carla Freccero
Derrida's Queer Root(s) (164–182)
Jarrod Hayes
Deco-pervo-struction (184–198)
Éamonn Dunne
A Man For All Seasons: Derrida-cum-"Queer Theory," or the Limits of "Performativity" (200–214)
Alexander García Düttmann
"Practical Deconstruction": A Note on Some Notes by Judith Butler (216–232)
Martin McQuillan
Performing Friendship (234–249)
Linnell Secomb
Postface: Just Queer (250–260)
Geoffrey Bennington
Appendix: Supreme Court (1988) (262–289)
David Wills
Biographies
Christian Hite (PhD, University of Southern California) is managing editor of KEEP IT DIRTY(opens in new tab), vol. a., “Filth,” whose writings on Warhol, Foucault, Derrida, Bersani, Freud, Beckett, and “pornography” have appeared in journals such as October, Parrhesia, Postmodern Culture, and Textual Practice.
Endorsements
Hélène Cixous
Paris 8 University
A rich anthology of queer provocations to be.
Peggy Kamuf
University of Southern California
This long-awaited volume surpasses all expectation. Its essays are compelling as they exuberantly take readers of Derrida to new, queerer heights and depths of understanding. Superbly edited and presented by Christian Hite, this book belongs in every collection of works on Derrida, deconstruction, or queer theory.
Reviews
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Eugene Wolters
“Coming from behind (derrière)—how else to describe a volume called “Derrida and Queer Theory”? — as if arriving late to the party, or, indeed, after the party is already over. After all, we already have Deleuze and Queer Theory and, of course, Saint Foucault. And judging by Annamarie Jagose’s Queer Theory: An Introduction, in which there is not a single mention of “Derrida” (or “deconstruction”) — even in the sub-chapter titled “The Post-Structuralist Context of Queer” — one would think that Derrida was not only late to the party, but was never there at all.
This untimely volume, then, with wide-ranging essays from key thinkers in the field, addresses, among other things, what could be called the disavowed debt to “Derrida” in canonical “queer theory.””
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Genres
- Philosophy
- TransQueer
Keywords
- deconstruction
- gender
- Jacques Derrida
- queer theory
- sexuality