{"product_id":"gaga-feminism-sex-gender-and-the-end-of-normal-9780807010976","title":"Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender, and the End of Normal","description":"\u003cb\u003eA roadmap to sex and gender for the twenty-first century, using Lady Gaga as a symbol for a new kind of feminism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy are so many women single, so many men resisting marriage, and so many gays and lesbians having babies? \u003ci\u003eGaga Feminism \u003c\/i\u003eanswers these questions while attempting to make sense of the tectonic cultural shifts that have transformed gender and sexual politics in the last few decades. This colorful landscape is populated by symbols and phenomena as varied as pregnant men, late-life lesbians, SpongeBob SquarePants, and queer families. So how do we understand the dissonance between these real experiences and the heteronormative narratives that dominate popular media? We can embrace the chaos  With equal parts edge and wit, J. Jack Halberstam reveals how these symbolic ruptures open a critical space to embrace new ways of conceptualizing sex, love, and marriage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing Lady Gaga as a symbol for a new era, Halberstam deftly unpacks what the pop superstar symbolizes, to whom and why. The result is a provocative manifesto of creative mayhem--a roadmapto sex and gender for the twenty-first century--that holds Lady Gaga as an exemplar of a new kind of feminism that privileges gender and sexual fluidity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart handbook, part guidebook, and part sex manual, \u003ci\u003eGaga Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to take seriously the collapse of heterosexuality and find signposts in the wreckage to a new and different way of doing sex and gender.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6457789\"\u003eJ. Jack Halberstam\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807010976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807010979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC028000\"\u003eWomen's Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC032000\"\u003eGender Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC052000\"\u003eMedia Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. Jack Halberstam\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four books, including \u003ci\u003eFemale Masculinity\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Queer Art of Failure\u003c\/i\u003e. Currently a professor of American studies and of ethnicity and gender studies at the University of Southern California, Halberstam regularly speaks and writes on queer culture and gender issues and blogs at \u003ci\u003eBullyBloggers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42675942785261,"sku":"9780807010976","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_30d5909e-cd25-42d0-a4fd-006a87a5f0e0.jpg?v=1649611778","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/gaga-feminism-sex-gender-and-the-end-of-normal-9780807010976","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}