The Reification of Desire ─ Toward a Queer Marxism

Floyd (English, Kent State U.) revisits certain arguments that have been formative--perhaps even canonical--for Marxism or for queer theory, and brings them together to suggest ways they can be read in relation to each other, simultaneously with, and against each other. He discusses such matters as capital and sexuality, Lukacs and Foucault, Judith Butler and Hemingway's labor without capital, liberation and Marcuse, Midnight Cowboy as a national allegory, and David Wojnarowicz and the violence of neoliberalism. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)