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Review: Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others

User Review - Sarah Sammis - Goodreads

It's confession time. I like to read books on theory, philosophy and semantics for fun. One of my recent fun reads (and taken off my lengthy wishlist) was Queer Phenomenology by Sara Ahmed. Since I ... Read full review

Review: Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others

User Review - Kelly - Goodreads

Ahmed has some interesting points but she uses such circular logic to arrive at her points. This book was difficult to understand. When you based a major part of your analysis on Heidegger, who has ... Read full review

Review: Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others

User Review - Erdem Tasdelen - Goodreads

This is very creative in linking phenomenology to queer and postcolonial theories. The linguistic analyses and metaphors that Sara Ahmed uses are quite interesting but I'm not sure whether they ... Read full review

Review: Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others

User Review - Eric - Goodreads

A worthwhile read for its attempt to bring queer studies, and our understandings of the queer, into contact with phenomenology. Her style, particularly in its autobiographic mode, may wear on some readers who search for more nailed down forms of evidence. Read full review

Review: Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others

User Review - megan - Goodreads

i have at the moment given up on reading this book though i expect to return to it. Read full review

Review: Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others

User Review - ian - Goodreads

A slender little volume that packs a disproportionate punch. Ahmed asks what it means to have an orientation, what kind of spacial relationship or gesture is implicit in that term. I found the chapter ... Read full review

Review: Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others

User Review - Ryan - Goodreads

I'm excited to start this book. Ahmed takes the notion that we are phenomenologically oriented beings and then explores questions of sexual orientation. This is one of the only books I've come across that deals with both. Read full review