TIME BINDS/ QUEER TEMPORALITIES, QUEER HISTORIES

Time Binds is a powerful argument that temporal and sexual dissonance are intertwined, and that the writing of history can be both e mbodied and erotic. Challenging queer theorys recent emphasis on loss and trauma, Elizabeth Freeman foregrounds bodily pleasure in the experience and representation of time as she interprets an eclectic archive of queer literature, film, video, and art. She exami nes work by visual artists who emerged in a commodified, postfeminist, and postgay world. Yet they do not fully accept the dissi pation of poli...[Read more]