{"product_id":"gaze-against-imperialism-paperback","title":"Gaze Against Imperialism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePadraig Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eYin Yin Wong\u003c\/b\u003e (Designed by), \u003cb\u003eCathal Kerrigan\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGaze Against Imperialism \u003c\/em\u003eby Padraig Robinson was written in the form of a rehearsal or index for an experimental film never intended to be made. This built-in absence defers to the imagination of the reader, who, far from filling a gap, becomes a potential producer (as overhearer). The poetic narrative begins in the Irish Queer Archive, National Library of Ireland in 2014, where Robinson initially tracked tensions between legal reform activism and the social economy of the emerging 'gay scene' in 1980s Ireland. The long form text \u003cem\u003eA Quare Invisibility \u003c\/em\u003eopens the book by\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003erehearsing a route through the archive; ending with finding a photocopy of a photograph depicting a protest with a banner reading \u003cem\u003eGays Against Imperialism \u003c\/em\u003e(Dublin 1982)\u003cem\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003eEight 'scenes' of recorded dialogue follow with University Librarian Cathal Kerrigan, co-founder of the small lobby group, \u003cem\u003eGays Against Imperialism. \u003c\/em\u003eThis present day oral history faces repetitions in a history too current to repeat so soon. Through a queer poetics, dissolving national borders, \u003cem\u003eA Quare Invisibility \u003c\/em\u003eis then the 'ear' of the book; a non-psychoanalytic ear, that is, overly aware of the violence of naming; the dual incarceration of speech; and 'gay liberation' in the framework of a merely liberated patriarchy. By articulating the homonym \u003cem\u003eGaze \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eGays, \u003c\/em\u003ethe title not only refers to the generative misunderstandings in any public utterance, but also to the space between reading and listening. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47327247958265,"sku":"9780993327278","price":20.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/eUZRdDNvTkxUTzNrSlIzTVh3T05WUT09.webp?v=1769577993","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/gaze-against-imperialism-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}