{"product_id":"9781517918286-i-know-you-are-but-what-am-i","title":"I Know You Are, but What Am I?","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn Pee-wee Herman\u003cbr\u003eExplores the cultural legacy of Pee-wee Herman, the cult television star of Pee-wee’s Playhouse. This children’s show—that was also for adults—ran on network TV from 1986 to 1990 and starred comedian Paul Reubens as Herman, a queer man-boy whose playhouse, the set for the show, was tricked out with a profusion of animate computational toys and technologies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow Pee-wee and his playhouse help us reimagine our relationships to technology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Know You Are, but What Am I?\u003c\/i\u003e explores the cultural legacy of Pee-wee Herman, the cult television star of \u003ci\u003ePee-wee’s Playhouse\u003c\/i\u003e. This children’s show-that was also for adults-ran on network TV from 1986 to 1990 and starred comedian Paul Reubens as Herman, a queer man-boy whose playhouse, the set for the show, was tricked out with a profusion of animate computational toys and technologies. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Cait McKinney shows how three defining scenes from the show inform, and even foretell and challenge, our present moment: the playhouse as an alternative precursor to networked smart homes that foregrounds caring and ethical relationships between humans and technologies; a reparative retelling of Reubens’s career-wrecking 1991 arrest for indecent exposure inside a Florida adult film theater as part of an AIDS-phobic, antigay sting operation; and worn-out, Talking Pee-wee dolls and their broken afterlives on eBay and YouTube. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e McKinney looks at how queer people who were children in the 1980s remember and relate to Pee-wee now, showing that the moral panic about sexuality, gender, and children from the past can help us refute anti-trans and anti-queer political movements organized today. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53596228387190,"sku":"9781517918286","price":9.31,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_38152362_a24335ec-0551-434a-9f10-f3095aafcfbf.jpg?v=1763759386","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781517918286-i-know-you-are-but-what-am-i","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}