Cruising Utopia

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Cruising Utopia
Muñoz, Jos? Esteban. Cruising Utopia : The Then and There of Queer Futurity.
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Cruising Utopía
The Then and There Di Queer Futurity
José Esteban Muñoz
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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
N<w York and lom/on
Muñoz, Jos? Esteban. Cruising Utopia : The Then and There of Queer Futurity.
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Muñoz, Jos? Esteban. Cruising Utopia : The Then and There of Queer Futurity.
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Contents
Intro<!uction: F<eling Ulopi>
Queeme.... Horiwn: 19
Ulopi>n Hermeneutic. in lhe F.e< of G.y fugm>'i.m
2 Gh",t> of Public Su: Ulopi.n Longing>. Queer Memon.. 33
J lhe Fulu", lo in lhe fu",nl: S<xu>l Avml-G.rJ.. 49
;onJ the P<rform>nce of Utopi•
.¡ G",lure, Epheme"".nJ Que.. Feeling: 65
Apprwching Kevin A,imce
S Crui.ing the Toilet: !.eRoiJon../ Amiri B.nh, 8J
R.<!ic.l Bl.ck Tr.Jilion., .nd Que.. Futurity
6 SUS''' Qu..n, Punlrs, ;onJ the Ulopi.n P<rfonn;¡'i,.., 97
7 Ulopiú Se.ting Ch>rt: R>yJolu"on, JillJohn.ton, .nd liS
Que.. Intermedi> .. Sy>tem
8 Ju.. Like He""eu: [JI
Que.. U'opi;on An md ,he Ae..hetic Dime""ion
9 AJet" Out ,he Window: F.-.d Heoo>'. Inc;onJe..en' lIlumüution 147
10 Aft..J"k: Queer F.i1u"" Queer Virtuooity
Condu,;on: "T.ke Ec"..y with Me" '"
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Bibliogr.phy
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Acknowledgments
THIS BOOK HAS l>e<n io th. worb for over t.o y,,,.n. I c.ooot
hopo lo proporly Kl.:nowlodge.1l th. I""pl ho h...e l>e<n .upportive
of !he ..riting and r<>.,rch th>, weot ioto ,h p.g••. I h>ve p",..nted
the wriliog th>! l>e<:.me lh... ch.pler> .t ...min¡;ly muntl... univmili<>,
museum., perfornuoce 'pac.., .od coof.",oces. A, ,h••• v>riou. io"itu-
tk>n. many .udi.oce.li.t.ned 'o tlu. worl< .od .ogaged in benefid.1 w»".
Queer frieod.hip h>. pr",..o to he !he coodilk>o of po..ihility for im.gio-
in¡; ..h.l qu«m... e>o .od .hould memo The .ctu,¡] ",l.ltiou,¡] circuito I
'1'0 lucky .nough to find m)""lf helooging to ..het m)' desi", fur future
collectivity.
I h.l.,.. h.d lh. gifi of ..mordio.u)' r...=h ...i<l.o«. Jomu. Ch.l.m-
b.,,·L.tsoo h>. inve.t.d so mueh of hi. own .oerg)' md iot.lligeoce in
tru. book. Suj.), P:mdit h.l.s he.n iod"p.rw.hle in m)' compl.ting thi. proj-
.ct. Th. mmuscrip' b.o.fi,ed from!he .n.olion of JuJi.¡ Steiomelz md
Chel... Ad.wuomi. So mmy 'K.lleot "udenls h.l.,.. proveo lo be .ueh
gro.t iot.rlocutor> fur thi. book •• il .merged. Thi. Ii.l will he woefully
incomplete: Hyp>!io Vourloumis, J..oo. VK>Iro, Fr>ok Leon Rohert.,
Smdr> Rui<, K.li. Brewer-B.:oll, E.. r Sel.o, Tio. M.jkow.ki, K....n J>mi.,
Ellen Cleghom., Il<th S'iosoo, Al.. Pinm':Itt, Lydi. B....wner, RO)' Pe",<,
Albert l.l.guu>, And", Cming'on, L.tici.:l A1v.rdo, Auna Fischer, Jonalh.l.o
Mollin., Ronak K.p>di., St.phmie Wei.., .nd J"'tin l.eroy. One of!he
gro.t." rew>Id. in t.:ochiog i. when yoor former "udenl:> heeome yoor
coll<>go.. md friends: lhe", .'" 00 b.ner ..>mp1<. of tru. in my life ,hm
Chri"in. B.lance, Ric:uUo Moot.., .od A1....ndr> V>Z<Jue:r.. A1so in ,h.t
c.lego,), i. 51ane V08'l, ..ho.1so 8""e me g",.l feedb.ack 00 lhi. volume.
I t••ch in • "Lotively .moll dep.rtm.nt th.l I h>ve ch:lired fur the p:ost
f.w Y".rs, .nd I '1'0 gat.fol fur th. climo'e of mulu,¡] .upport .od "'>p«t
.crueved in !he D.pmm.nt of Performmce Sludi.., Tisch School of th.
An. >! NYUo Coll••gu.. like B.:orb..... Browning. K.",n Shim.k.w., Rieh-
.rd s<:h.ncliner, Aud", upek~ Dim> T.ylor, B.rb..... Kirsh.nhlan-Gimb-
lel, A1len Wei.., Auna De...e", Smith, Deboah Iúpduo, T...i. N)'Ou¡; '0,
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md Ano Pell.grini m;¡k. i",litutioIl>lllf......arniog. Ano h... l>e<o a en-
<dito, of lhe ••ri•• lhi. 000k appea" io, aod I ,oold o...., h.... ."liri-
p.t.d eojoying .ueh. fun and h.irmonioWl lrooong rel.tionship. [eannot
begin to .xp.... pmpe'ly rny gratitude to th••taff at Perform."ce Studi••
...ho enabl. my ...ori< aJI a chair, • farulty m.mbe" md a ochola,. Thank
ron N""I Rodrigue>, Patt)' Jang, md Laura EI.n. FOIt.. fo, yoo, ..trem.
eompet.nce and good humo,. Many fri.nd. oubid< of Performmce Stud-
i.. at NYU n«d to be th..nked ror thei, centribution. to lbe t.xtu.. of
my Jife."d thinkins- Th. finl to be m.ntiooed i. Li... Du¡;¡;.", who has
be.o a .tauoeh .11)', loving friend,."d brilliant interlocuto,. üthor f,i.nd.
indud. AnIl> McCarthy, Jo..fina Saldan.-Portil!o, G.yat,i Gopinath, Ana
Dopico, PNllip Brlan Harpe" ."d Carol)'I1 Din.ha....
Th. thre. sehol... who haye re.d thi. book ro, tbe pre.. io diff.rent
d,aft. off.red me ""lcomed engagem.nt. Elizabetb Freeman and I m"
.ach otber a. precociou. graJuate "ooen!> on lh. confe,ence circule, and
J ... in h.. wor!< lOme of th. ;""1 tbinking of my :«cond-g<neration quee,
th<c>ry echo". Judith Halbenlam ha. >imply be.n ." ide.1 enll.ague .nd
reade,. Sh. i. al", an >m.lzing fri.nd. [ fe.1 priYileg.d to h.... lhe brilliant
F,ed Molen aJI' f,i.nd, enmrade, and int.rlocuto,. M)' <dito" E,ic Zin-
n.., read IN' book ...ilh gr.at GI,e ."d >kil!. Ciar. MeLaughlin ."d Emil)'
Par!< ha... be<n .;"0 b<en .rtremely helpfuL A granl frem lbe líoch D.an·.
Farulty Ik\'elopm.nt Aw..d has belped m. indude colo, im;¡g" in IN'
book. [ .m "p<ei.ally grateful to Marvin Taylo, and Ann Butle'.t th.
FaI•• Library, N.... Yor!< Uniye"ity.
John Andrew< .howed up io th. middl. ofth¡" w'itiog pmj<et. H. ha•
...pond<d to my "",\; with «¡nal part> .nthu.ium aud >keptiri.m. H.
has be<n • perfect r«d.. and lbe Ye'Y be.t enmp.any J enuld h""e aJlk.d
fo,. My olhe, gre.t enmp.anio", duriog th. ",~iting of thi. boo\; h",.. b••n
my p'ince" bulldog•. The late greal L>dy Bully .howed me lhe grandru,
of enmp.anioo-.p<ci•• utopi.., and Dulc< Mari. ¡" h.""lf tbe .turdy em-
Mimeol ofth. good life. M)'f>mily are amuingly "'pporti.... My bmlbe,
Al.ú "'pport i. Ye'y touching. My cOWlin Albm "mlled ioto my ""'Y-
day life quile uneopectedlyand has becom•• I<>v.1y p,e..nce, helping m•
...aleh th. No,th.rn Fmnt S>m Green i. rny \;indred ulopian <piril; hi•
...or!< .nd ou, hond in.pire me. I am fortunate lo kn"",' J.nnif.. Do)i.,
...ho has ' ..pend.d to my life md lror!< with '" much love, g.nem.ity, .nd
int.llig.n«. I ow•• gre.t d.bt lo Kevin McCarty fo, h.lping me gliml'"
utopia. LuXe Do...d ha. be<n my fri.nd fore..." .nd I continuo to I..rn
fmm bi. wor!< md fiod b.auty lh.re. Tony Ju<t'. imag.. h..Ye al.o provid.d
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