Profit and Pleasure: Sexual Identities in Late Capitalism

by Rosemary Hennessy

Book Overview

Profit and Pleasure, Second Edition is a classic intervention into the relationship between capitalism and sexual identity. Rosemary Hennessy boldly reorients queer theory toward an up-close analysis of the structures of consumption, labor, and commodification, revealing how sexual identity-in the varied ways it has been culturally differentiated and lived-has been fundamentally affected by these principles of capitalism.

In this second...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138283622
• ISBN13: 9781138283626
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"