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Challenging Norms: Halberstam’s Ideas on Queer Failure and Knowledge
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Dr. Renu Naidu
Assistant Professor at Marathwada Mitra Mandal’s Shankarrao Chavan Law College, Pune, India
Abstract
This paper explores the concept of "queer failure" as articulated by Jack Halberstam in The Queer Art of Failure. Challenging normative metrics of success, Halberstam reconfigures failure as a productive and radical alternative to heteronormative, neoliberal, and disciplinary modes of knowledge production. The paper critically examines key themes such as low theory, stupidity, forgetfulness, childhood, ant familial kinship, shadow feminism, and queer negativity, and situates them within broader debates in queer theory, feminist critique, and anticapitalist thought. Through an interdisciplinary approach, it argues that failure, when embraced, opens up new epistemologies and ontologies for queer life, resistance, and creativity.
Keywords
- queer failure
- heteronormative
- neoliberal
- epistemologies and ontologies
Type
Research Paper
Information
International Journal of Law Management and Humanities, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 541 - 545
DOI: https://doij.org/10.10000/IJLMH.1110461Creative Commons
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