{"product_id":"sex-or-the-unbearable-paperback","title":"Sex, or the Unbearable - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLauren Berlant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLee Edelman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSex, or the Unbearable\u003c\/i\u003e is a dialogue between Lauren Berlant and Lee Edelman, two of our leading theorists of sexuality, politics, and culture. In juxtaposing \u003ci\u003esex\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ethe unbearable\u003c\/i\u003e they don't propose that sex \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e unbearable, only that it unleashes unbearable contradictions that we nonetheless struggle to bear. In Berlant and Edelman's exchange, those terms invoke disturbances produced in encounters with others, ourselves, and the world, disturbances that tap into threats induced by fears of loss or rupture as well as by our hopes for repair. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough virtuoso interpretations of works of cinema, photography, critical theory, and literature, including Lydia Davis's story \"Break It Down\" (reprinted in full here), Berlant and Edelman explore what it means to live with negativity, with those divisions that may be irreparable. Together, they consider how such negativity affects politics, theory, and intimately felt encounters. But where their critical approaches differ, neither hesitates to voice disagreement. Their very discussion--punctuated with moments of frustration, misconstruction, anxiety, aggression, recognition, exhilaration, and inspiration--enacts both the difficulty and the potential of encounter, the subject of this unusual exchange between two eminent critics and close friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLauren Berlant is George M. Pullman Distinguished Service Professor of English at the University of Chicago. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eCruel Optimism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Female Complaint\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Queen of America Goes to Washington City\u003c\/i\u003e, all also published by Duke University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLee Edelman is Fletcher Professor of English Literature at Tufts University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eL'impossible Homosexuel\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNo Future\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Duke University Press; and \u003ci\u003eHomographesis\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 149\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 09, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52733628023091,"sku":"9780822355946","price":47.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/QmhIa3hDQTlrZmt0b2JoNW5jdmxWUT09.webp?v=1763938948","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/sex-or-the-unbearable-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}