{"product_id":"9780231508667","title":"On Sexuality and Power","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is widely supposed that the most suitable partner will be someone very much like oneself; gay fiction and cinema are often organized around this assumption. Nonetheless, power differentials are remarkably persistent -- as well as sexy. What are the personal and political implications of this insight?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSinfield argues that hierarchies in interpersonal relations are continuous with the main power differentials of our social and political life (gender, class, age, and race); therefore it is not surprising that they govern our psychic lives. Recent writing enables an exploration of their positive potential, especially in fantasy, as well as their danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eOn Sexuality and Power\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the writing of the last thirty years, revisiting also Whitman, Wilde, Mann, Forster, and Genet, and reassessing the very idea of a gay canon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120208625904,"sku":"9780231508667","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780231508667_p0.jpg?v=1763679647","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780231508667","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}