num_pages: 352
description: Its commonly understood within the academy that the terms man woman and other are socially constructed and that their meanings are maintained by the current political order. But few thinkers have attempted to reconcile that knowledgewhich is rooted in Marxismwith queer theory. The few who have meanwhile usually attempt to do so through issues of libidinal desire and sexual expression. In The Politics of Everybody Holly Lewis argues powerfully that the emphasis on desire though seemingly innocuous is actually symptomatic of neoliberal habits of thought and consequently is responsible for a continued focus on the limited politics of identity. Instead Lewis shows we should look to the arena of body production categorization and exclusion; only through such a reorientation can we create a politics of liberation that is truly inclusive and grounded in lived experience.
language: English
title: The Politics of Everybody: Feminism, Queer Theory, and Marxism at the Intersection
publisher: Zed Books