{"product_id":"passing-identity-and-interpretation-in-sexuality-race-and-religion-9780814781234","title":"Passing: Identity and Interpretation in Sexuality, Race, and Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003ePassing for what you are not--whether it is mulattos passing as white, Jews passing as Christian, or drag queens passing as women--can be a method of protection or self-defense. But it can also be a uniquely pleasurable experience, one that trades on the erotics of secrecy and revelation. It is precisely passing's radical playfulness, the way it asks us to reconsider our assumptions and forces our most cherished fantasies of identity to self-destruct, that is centrally addressed in \u003cb\u003ePassing: Identity and Interpretation in Sexuality, Race, and Religion\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e Identity in Western culture is largely structured around visibility, whether in the service of science (Victorian physiognomy), psychoanalysis (Lacan's mirror stage), or philosophy (the Panopticon). As such, it is charged with anxieties regarding classification and social demarcation. Passing wreaks havoc with accepted systems of social recognition and cultural intelligibility, blurring the carefully-marked lines of race, gender, and class.\u003cbr\u003e Bringing together theories of passing across a host of disciplines--from critical race theory and lesbian and gay studies, to literary theory and religious studies\u003cb\u003e--Passing \u003c\/b\u003ecomplicates our current understanding of the visual and categories of identity.\u003cbr\u003e Contributors: Michael Bronski, Karen McCarthy Brown, Bradley Epps, Judith Halberstam, Peter Hitchcock, Daniel Itzkovitz, Patrick O'Malley, Miriam Peskowitz, María C. Sánchez Linda Schlossberg, and Sharon Ullman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maria C. Sanchez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.24w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814781234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Notes and Reprints\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2001 pg. 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2002 pg. 1043\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2002 pg. 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSanchez, Maria C.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMaria C. Sanchez\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature at San Diego State University.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchlossberg, Linda:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eLinda Schlossberg\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer and Assistant Director of Studies for the Women's Studies Program at Harvard University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40183706943603,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d2c1097d-eed5-4976-bf58-62d95a05d3c9.jpg?v=1655558401","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/passing-identity-and-interpretation-in-sexuality-race-and-religion-9780814781234","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}