{"product_id":"9780252083549","title":"Ugly Differences","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUgliness as both physical appearance and identity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWhat would it mean to turn to ugliness rather than turn away from it? Indeed, the idea of \u003cem\u003eugly\u003c\/em\u003e often becomes synonymous with non-white, non-male, and non-heterosexual physicality and experience. That same pejorative migrates to become a label for practices within underground culture. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eUgly Differences\u003c\/em\u003e, Yetta Howard uses underground contexts to theorize queer difference by locating ugliness at the intersection of the physical, experiential, and textual. From that nexus, Howard contends that ugliness—as a mode of pejorative identification—is fundamental to the cultural formations of queer female sexuality. Slava Tsukerman's postpunk film \u003cem\u003eLiquid Sky\u003c\/em\u003e, Sapphire's poetry, Roberta Gregory's \u003cem\u003eBitchy Butch\u003c\/em\u003e comix, New Queer Cinema such as \u003cem\u003eHigh Art\u003c\/em\u003e—these and other non-canonical works contribute to an audacious critique. Howard reveals how the things we see, read as, or experience as \u003cem\u003eugly\u003c\/em\u003e productively account for non-dominant sexual identities and creative practices. \u003cem\u003eUgly Differences\u003c\/em\u003e offers eye-opening ways to approach queerness and its myriad underground representations.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51185409622290,"sku":"9780252083549","price":52.76,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0508\/3093\/4173\/files\/9780252083549.jpg?v=1774735676","url":"https:\/\/bargainbooks.com.au\/products\/9780252083549","provider":"Bargain Books Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}