{"product_id":"whats-the-use-on-the-uses-of-use-paperback","title":"What's the Use?: On the Uses of Use - 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\u003eSara Ahmed\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhat's the Use?\u003c\/i\u003e Sara Ahmed continues the work she began in \u003ci\u003eThe Promise of Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWillful Subjects\u003c\/i\u003e by taking up a single word-in this case, \u003ci\u003euse\u003c\/i\u003e-and following it around. She shows how use became associated with life and strength in nineteenth-century biological and social thought and considers how utilitarianism offered a set of educational techniques for shaping individuals by directing them toward useful ends. Ahmed also explores how spaces become restricted to some uses and users, with specific reference to universities. She notes, however, the potential for \u003ci\u003equeer use\u003c\/i\u003e: how things can be used in ways that were not intended or by those for whom they were not intended. Ahmed posits queer use as a way of reanimating the project of diversity work as the ordinary and painstaking task of opening up institutions to those who have historically been excluded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSara Ahmed is an independent scholar and author of \u003ci\u003eLiving a Feminist Life\u003c\/i\u003e and several other books also published by Duke University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 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 25, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44292798447718,"sku":"9781478006503","price":54.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/VXZ5dW1BUC8wVTFSaFNWTXpMbUNmQT09.webp?v=1766973343","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/whats-the-use-on-the-uses-of-use-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}