Cruising Utopia

Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity
Author	José Esteban Muñoz
Subject	queer theory
Publisher	NYU Press
Publication date	2009
Pages	240

Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity is a book in the field of queer theory by José Esteban Muñoz, published in 2009.

The writing style of the book is described as "cruising" its subject matter, moving quickly between a wide range of topics.^[1]

The book was widely praised by scholars and influential in beginning new conversations in queer theory.^[2] In non-academic venues, the Gay Times and Publishers Weekly praised the book's optimism about queer liberation and its insights into pop culture, while noting that the scholarly prose might put off casual readers.^[3]^[4] A "tenth anniversary edition" was published in 2019.^[2] In 2020 and 2021, Spanish and French translations were published.^[5]^[6]

References

^ Warner, Sara (2011). "Review of Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity by José Esteban Muñoz". Modern Drama. 54 (2): 257. doi:10.1353/mdr.2011.0022. S2CID 191330268. Muñoz cruises art objects (which include a dizzying array of poetry, prose, autobiography, painting, photography, and performance) with the same urgency and rapacious appetite as he cruises theory, lingering for no more than a moment on any one person, place, or thing.
^ ^a ^b Hoyos Twomey, Alex (2020-11-13). "Book Review: Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity (10th Anniversary Edition) by José Esteban Muñoz". LSE Review of Books. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
^ "Cruising Utopia". Gay Times. 2010. p. 107. ProQuest 2081965123.
^ "Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity". Publishers Weekly. Vol. 256, no. 39. 2009-09-28. p. 55.
^ Muñoz, José Esteban (2020). Utopía Queer. El entonces y allí de la futuridad antinormativa. Buenos Aires: Caja Negra. ISBN 978-987-1622-84-9.
^ Muñoz, José Esteban (2021). Cruiser l'utopie – L'après et ailleurs de l'advenir queer. Dijon: Les Presses du Réel. ISBN 978-2-9568700-2-9.

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[1] Warner, Sara (2011). "Review of Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity by José Esteban Muñoz". Modern Drama. 54 (2): 257. doi:10.1353/mdr.2011.0022. S2CID 191330268. Muñoz cruises art objects (which include a dizzying array of poetry, prose, autobiography, painting, photography, and performance) with the same urgency and rapacious appetite as he cruises theory, lingering for no more than a moment on any one person, place, or thing.

[Twomey2020-2] Hoyos Twomey, Alex (2020-11-13). "Book Review: Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity (10th Anniversary Edition) by José Esteban Muñoz". LSE Review of Books. Retrieved 2022-02-20.

[3] "Cruising Utopia". Gay Times. 2010. p. 107. ProQuest 2081965123.

[4] "Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity". Publishers Weekly. Vol. 256, no. 39. 2009-09-28. p. 55.

[5] Muñoz, José Esteban (2020). Utopía Queer. El entonces y allí de la futuridad antinormativa. Buenos Aires: Caja Negra. ISBN 978-987-1622-84-9.

[6] Muñoz, José Esteban (2021). Cruiser l'utopie – L'après et ailleurs de l'advenir queer. Dijon: Les Presses du Réel. ISBN 978-2-9568700-2-9.

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