Why Karen Carpenter Matters

ISBN-13: 9780571369003 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 160 str.

Karen Tongson

Opis

A radical, literary and intimate insight into one of the twentieth century's most vital vocalists.

Recenzje

[Why Karen Carpenter Matters] dives into the lived complexities of fundamental queer concepts such as 'disidentification' and 'cruel optimism' by illuminating from within the queer alliance between the author and her namesake . . . Tongson serves up a number of astute observations about fantasy, projection, longing, normalcy, and aberrance. Maggie Nelson

O autorze

Tongson, KarenKAREN TONGSON is the chair of gender & sexuality studies, and professor of gender & sexuality studies, English and American studies & ethnicity at the University of Southern California. She is the author of Relocations: Queer Suburban Imaginaries, and co-editor of the Postmillennial Pop book series with Henry Jenkins at NYU Press. Her writing and cultural commentary have appeared in NPR, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Los Angeles Times, The AV Club, Entertainment Weekly, L.A. Weekly, BuzzFeed Reader, The Washington Post and Süddeutsche Zeitung among other venues. She co-hosts the podcasts Waiting to X-Hale with Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh, and The Gaymazing Race with Nicole J. Georges.