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In this daring study of queer life and the public sphere, Eric O. Clarke examines the effects of inclusion within public culture. Departing from studies that emphasize homophobia and its mechanisms of exclusion, the text details how mainstream efforts to represent queers affirmatively continually fall short of full democratic enfranchisement. Clarke draws on contemporary writings along with late-18th- and 19th-century English and European cultural history to investigate how concepts of value, representation and homoeroticism have interacted and circulated in the West since the Enlightenment. Examining the role of eroticism in citizenship and why only normalising constructions of homosexuality enable inclusion, Clarke reconsiders the work of Habermas and Foucault in relation to contemporary visibility politics, Kant's moral and political theory, Marx's analysis of value, and the sexualized dynamics of the Victorian cultural public sphere. Discussions of television sitcoms (such as "Ellen"), marketing techniques, authenticity, and literary culture are also included in this analysis of visibility politics.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Homoeroticism and the Public Sphere 1
1 Visibility at the Limits of Inclusion 29
2 Autonomy and Conformity 68
3 The Citizen's Sexual Shadow 101
4 Inseminating the Orient, Disseminating Identity 126
5 Shelley's Heart 148
Epilogue: Beyond Tolderance 169
Notes 173
Bibliography 215
Index 229

About the Author :

Eric O. Clarke is Associate Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh.



Review :
"Does the dramatic new visibility of gay men and lesbians mean that democracy is finally fulfilling its promise? Or does it instead entail a new distortion of queer life? Eric Clarke begins with these timely questions, using them to raise provocative questions about the foundations of modern public life, citizenship in commercial culture, sexual ethics, and the legacy of the Enlightenment. He shows a fluent mastery not only of queer theory--which he here pushes to new sophistication--but also the best traditions of the Frankfurt School and public sphere theory. Virtuous Vice is an ambitious, subtle, and revelatory book, establishing Clarke as a major voice in queer theory and in social theory generally. It should be required reading for anyone interested in Habermas or Foucault, or in the complex issues of contemporary sexual politics."--Michael Warner, Rutgers University "This exceptionally intelligent study makes crucial contributions to ongoing conundrums about the connections between capitalism and gay identity. With remarkable sophistication, Clarke is able to connect the abstractions of Kant's categorical imperative to the everyday pleasures of watching Ellen come out on TV. A powerful and sure-to-be influential book."--Ann Cvetkovich, author of Mixed Feelings: Feminism, Mass Culture, and Victorian Sensationalism "The intensifying conflict between sex-radical queers and morally righteous gay citizens has lead to the ruination of contemporary sexual politics. Eric Clarke shows the way through the impasse with his viciously sharp analyses, which display the virtues of theoretical precision and historically informed scholarship. His book will transform how we think about sexuality and citizenship, about visibility, democracy, and the public sphere."--Douglas Crimp, University of Rochester


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780822324775
  • Publisher: Duke University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Duke University Press
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 248
  • Sub Title: Homoeroticism and the Public Sphere
  • ISBN-10: 0822324776
  • Publisher Date: 14 Mar 2000
  • Binding: Hardback
  • No of Pages: 248
  • Series Title: Series Q
  • Weight: 979 gr


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