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Cruising Utopia The Then and There of Queer Futurity José Esteban Muñoz a N EW YO R K UN IVER SITY PR E S S New York and London NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London www.nyupress.org© 2009 by New York University All rights reserved “For Freddy, Fucking Again,” poem by Diane di Prima, from Freddie Poems (Point Reyes, CA: Eidolon Editions, 1974). Courtesy of the author. “Having a Coke with You,” from The Collected Poems of Frank O’Hara, by Frank O’Hara, edited by Donald Allen. Copyright © 1971 by Maureen Granville-Smith, Administratrix of The Estate of Frank O’Hara. Reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. “A photograph,” Collected Poems, by James Schuyler. Copyright © 1993 by the Estate of James Schuyler. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC. “One Art,” from The Complete Poems, 1927–1979, by Elizabeth Bishop. Copyright© 1979, 1983 by Alice Helen Methfessel. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Muñoz, José Esteban Cruising utopia : the then and there of queer futurity / José Esteban Muñoz. p. cm. — (Sexual cultures) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978–0–8147–5727–7 (cl : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0–8147–5727–8 (cl : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978–0–8147–5728–4 (pb : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0–8147–5728–6 (pb : alk. paper) 1. Queer theory. 2. Utopias. 3. Homosexuality and art. 4. Performance art. I. Title. HQ76.25.M86 2009 306.7601—dc22 2009021714 New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. We strive to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the greatest extent possible in publishing our books. Manufactured in the United States of America c 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 p 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...

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