Karen Tongson

Why Karen Carpenter Matters

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Produktbeschreibung

An exploration of Karen Carpenter's enduring ability to transcend cultural differences, bridging not only American suburbia and the author's native Philippines but also diverse communities and fan cultures worldwide.

Produktdetails

• Music Matters
• Verlag: Briscoe Ctr for Amer History Ut-Austin
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 177mm x 121mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 139g
• ISBN-13: 9781477318843
• ISBN-10: 1477318844
• Artikelnr.: 54150499

Autorenporträt

By Karen Tongson

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Whiteness and Promises
2. For All We Know
3. Long Beach State of Mind
4. Goodbye to Love
5. Queer Horizon
6. Made in America: Karen Carpenters of the Philippines
7. Now
Acknowledgments
Notes
 

Rezensionen

[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