Useful In/stability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4053302 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jen Jack Gieseking |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 2015 |
| Issue | 122 |
| Pages | 25-37 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Radical History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-6545 • E-ISSN: 1534-1453 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/01636545-2849504 |
| OpenAlex | W2178029969 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
Queer theory's embrace of instability paints stabilizing practices as normalizing and unjust. Rather than upholding a stance of opposition by championing instability alone, what can be gleaned for queer theory by examining the tension of the in/stability dialectic? This essay reflects on the author's own embodied experience as researcher within the social and spatial dimensions of the Lesbian Herstory Archives (LHA). Informed by critical geographic studies and queer theories, the author suggests that the usefulness of in/stability-all at once together and in conflict-is part of the work toward justice that results when the archive sits in the juxtaposition rather than choose a side within the binary. The resultant practice of useful in/stability suggests a turn for queer theory and analyses by examining and struggling with concepts rather than succumbing to binarial mores
Aesthetics · Art · Criminology · Critical theory · Dialectic · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Lesbian · Mores · Political science · Politics · Queer · Queer theory · Social justice · Sociology · Data Analysis and Archiving · European history and politics · Gender Studies · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |