{"product_id":"the-sense-of-brown-9781478011033","title":"The Sense of Brown","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sense of Brown \u003c\/i\u003eis José Esteban Muñoz's treatise on brownness and being as well as his most direct address to queer Latinx studies. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, which he was completing at the time of his death, Muñoz examines the work of playwrights Ricardo Bracho and Nilo Cruz, artists Nao Bustamante, Isaac Julien, and Tania Bruguera, and singer José Feliciano, among others, arguing for a sense of brownness that is not fixed within the racial and national contours of Latinidad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis sense of brown is not about the individualized brown subject; rather, it demonstrates that for brown peoples, being exists within what Muñoz calls the brown commons-a lifeworld, queer ecology, and form of collectivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn analyzing minoritarian affect, ethnicity as a structure of feeling, and brown feelings as they emerge in, through, and beside art and performance, Muñoz illustrates how the sense of brown serves as the basis for other ways of knowing and being in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e José Esteban Muñoz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478011033\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJosé Esteban Muñoz (1967-2013) was Professor of Performance Studies at New York University and author of \u003ci\u003eCruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDisidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoshua Chambers-Letson is Professor of Performance Studies at Northwestern University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTavia Nyong'o is Professor of American Studies, African American Studies, and Theater and Performance Studies at Yale University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39826861719667,"sku":"1478011033","price":32.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_5c48389c-6c8d-49a2-a7f8-e772c7c76ef1.jpg?v=1644556672","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-sense-of-brown-9781478011033","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}