| Title | Desire |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | Missing Something? Queer Desire |
| Contributor | Lara Farina (author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0167.1.04 |
| Landing page | https://punctumbooks.com/titles/clinical-encounters-in-sexuality-psychoanalytic-practice-and-queer-theory/ |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Farina, Lara |
| Publisher | punctum books |
| Published on | 2017-03-07 |
| Long abstract | Given that a particular configuration of sexual desire is the cen-tral emphasis of terms like “queer,” “homosexual,” “heterosexu-al,” “lesbian,” and “gay,” it is a somewhat odd fact that theoriza-tion of non-normative desire(s) has been outpaced by scholarly work on sexual identity. In the humanities, the overwhelming interest in identity has been furthered by two important influ-ences. The first is the work of Michel Foucault, whose multivol-ume History of Sexuality (1990, 1990, 1988) argued for the his-torical variability of identity-categories and, in doing so, shaped a field of study devoted to understanding the various configu-rations of sexual identity in particular historical moments and locations. The second is the challenge to lesbian and gay studies posed by scholars of race, class, and ethnicity, who have right-fully drawn attention to the varying intersections of identity previously obscured by analysis that assumes but does not ac-knowledge its own white, middle-class perspective. Still, even the most identity-focused work either presupposes or points to models of desire, and analysis of these models is necessary not just for understanding the sexual self but for thinking about the affective communities available to that self. |
| Page range | pp. 77–99 |
| Print length | 23 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |