| The Deconstruction of Sex Contributor(s): Nancy, Jean-Luc (Author), Goh, Irving (Author) |
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ISBN: 1478014350 ISBN-13: 9781478014355 Publisher: Duke University Press OUR PRICE: $22.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Deconstruction - Social Science | Gender Studies - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 305.42 |
| LCCN: 2020048539 |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.33 lbs) 120 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Deconstruction of Sex, Jean-Luc Nancy and Irving Goh discuss how a deconstructive approach to sex helps us negotiate discourses about sex and foster a better understanding of how sex complicates our everyday existence in the age of #MeToo. Throughout their conversation, Nancy and Goh engage with topics ranging from relation, penetration, and subjection to touch, erotics, and jouissance. They show how despite its entrenchment in social norms and centrality to our being-in-the-world, sex lacks a clearly defined essence. At the same time, they point to the potentiality of literature to inscribe the senses of sex. In so doing, Nancy and Goh prompt us to reconsider our relations with ourselves and others through sex in more sensitive, respectful, and humble ways without bracketing the troubling aspects of sex. |