Women & Performance a journal of feminist theory· 2019Q3
Sensual excess: queer femininity and brown jouissance
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Short summary
Amber Musser's "Sensual Excess" theorizes how queer femininity and brown jouissance can disrupt normative understandings of Black women's bodies and experiences.
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Key points
- Challenges normative views of Black women's bodies and experiences.
- Explores queer femininity and brown jouissance as disruptive forces.
- Reclaims sensory experiences and expressions of pleasure as resistance.
- Offers a new framework for understanding Black queer feminist embodiment.
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Abstract
Tending to a lush theoretical ground of brownness and being realized through the senses, Amber Musser’s Sensual Excess: Queer Femininity and Brown Jouissance challenges the very dimensions of norma...
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Field: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Visual Arts and Performing ArtsArts and Humanities