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02996aam a22003378i 4500 001 8C8D9050495811EE9228709642ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230902011803 008 230331s2023 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2023003929 020 $a 1541603753 020 $a 9781541603752 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 082 00 $a 305.42 $2 23/eng/20230513 100 1 $a Ahmed, Sara, $d 1969- $e author. 245 14 $a The feminist killjoy handbook : $b the radical potential of getting in the way / $c Sara Ahmed. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2310 264 1 $a New York : $b Seal, $c 2023. 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "As long as feminists have existed, they have been accused of being "killjoys," "buzzkills," "party poopers," and "wet blankets." For having the audacity to insist on a more-just world, feminists are criticized for getting in the way of other people's happiness. In The Feminist Killjoy Handbook, renowned feminist theorist Sara Ahmed reclaims the feminist killjoy-showing how killing joy can be a world-making, radical project. Featuring sharp analysis of literature, film, and influential feminist works, anddrawing on her own experiences as a queer feminist scholar-activist of color, in The Feminist Killjoy Handbook Ahmed celebrates the feminist killjoy. Ahmed illuminates how the feminist killjoy is represented in our culture and recovers a black and brownfeminist killjoy lineage-from bell hooks to Claudia Rankine, from Audre Lorde to Roxane Gay. With inspiring and insightful killjoy maxims, killjoy truths, and killjoy commitments woven throughout the book, Ahmed offers readers tips on how to survive as afeminist killjoy and illuminates the invaluable lessons the figure offers. Ahmed shows how the feminist killjoy offers a model for cultural criticism, philosophy, and poetry, and, ultimately, how it presents a roadmap for breaking current oppressive social structures and replacing them with more equitable ones. If getting in the way of other people's happiness is what it takes to transform our unjust world for the better, then getting in the way is not counterproductive but absolutely necessary. While thetrope of the feminist killjoy has often been used against feminists, in The Feminist Killjoy Handbook, Ahmed transforms the taunt into a call to action. Written with Ahmed's characteristic blend of playfulness and urgency, The Feminist Killjoy Handbook is a love letter to feminist killjoys everywhere and an essential guide to living in, and remaking, this world"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Feminism $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Social change. 650 0 $a Radicalism. 941 $a 4 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240716043037.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240125011328.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20231202012009.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20230919011008.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8C8D9050495811EE9228709642ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search