What's the use? : on the uses of use / Sara Ahmed.
What's the use? : on the uses of use / Sara Ahmed.
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Publisher
Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.
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G 2020/1342
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 281 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
A useful archive -- Using things -- The biology of use and disuse -- Use as technique -- Use and the university -- Queer use.
Publication information
Publisher
Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
North Carolina
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
"In What's the Use? Sara Ahmed continues the work she began in The Promise of Happiness and Willful Subjects by taking up a single word--in this case, use--and following it around. She shows how use became associated with life and strength in nineteenth century biological and social thought and considers how utilitarianism offered a set of educatio...
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What's the use? : on the uses of use / Sara Ahmed.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2019
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G 2020/1342
Record Identifier
74VKaDLZ3kwd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaDLZ3kwd
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ISBN
9781478005841 hardcover
147800584X hardcover
9781478006503 paperback
1478006501 paperback
DDC
303.33
MMS ID
991024298214702626
