Sex is both at the core and the edge of the family life. In an era when the conceptual and political transformation of the family is most palpable on a global scale, often generating impassioned debates among those wedded or even indifferent to “family values,” this panel seeks to explore family formations through their deepest open secrets: sex, sexuality and sexual practices. Panelists include Lisa Duggan, author of The Twilight of Equality?: Neoliberalism, Cultural Politics, and the Attack on Democracy; Elizabeth Grosz, author of Volatile Bodies: Toward a Corporeal Feminism; and Gayle Salamon, whose forthcoming book is titled Assuming a Body: Transgender and Rhetorics of Materiality. Kyoo Lee, Resident Mellon Fellow at the Center for the Humanities, will moderate the conversation.
New York City, NY; NYC