Queer Theory: An Introduction
by Annamarie Jagose
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Ten years ago 'queer' was a term of abuse; now it is routinely, although controversially, used as self-description. Queer Theory traces the intriguing history of same-sex sex over the last century through the mid-century homophile movements, gay liberation, the women's movement and lesbian feminism to the new concept of queer.Annamarie Jagose investigates the arguments of the supporters and opponents of queer theory, finding that its strength lies in its potential to question the very idea show more of sexual identities. By blending insights from contemporary intellectual theories like post-structuralism and from the work of theorists like Judith Butler, Jagose argues that queer theory's challenge is to create new ways of thinking about not just heterosexuality and homosexuality but also such seemingly given fixed notions as 'sexuality' and 'gender', even 'man' and 'woman'. Queer Theory demonstrates a radical, exciting new way of analysing human identity itself. show lessTags
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I was reading Judith Butler and wasn't getting it, so I read this book to try and get a handle on where Butler was coming from. This book made me start to think that there was no there there.
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Annamarie Jagose is Professor and Head of the School of Letters, Art, and Media at the University of Sydney. She is the author of Inconsequence: Lesbian Representation and the Logic of Sexual Sequence, Queer Theory: An Introduction, and Lesbian Utopics.
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- Sexuality and Gender Studies, Nonfiction, LGBTQ+, General Nonfiction, Philosophy, Literature Studies and Criticism, History
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- 306.76601 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social Behavior - Dating, Marriage, Divorce Sexual relations Sexual orientation, transgender identity, intersexuality Homosexuality
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- HQ76.25 .J34 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women Sexual life
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