It had yet to take on the full cadence and colour of later theorizations, but this was its birthplace. Her areas of interest include semiotics, psychoanalysis, film theory, literary theory, feminism, womens studies, lesbian and queer studies. In queer theory, edited by morland, iain and willox. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Queer used to be a slang word for homosexuals and was used for homophobic abuse. Yet queer is a category still in the process of formation.
The age of consent and the ending of queer theory mdpi. Queer texts, bad habits, and the issue of a future glq. Jan 14, 2014 queer theory queer theory rejects conventional or mainstream behaviour, including sexual identity, but also a range of identities including race, disability and gender. Background queer theory libguides at university of. This collection invites us to reflect on the history of feminist theory and its power to envision anew issues of representation, reading, and epistemology. Pdf on feb 1, 2003, david m halperin and others published the normalization of queer theory find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Heavily influenced by the work of eve kosofsky sedgwick, judith butler, and lauren berlant, queer theory builds both upon feminist challenges to the.
I also engage in discussion about the consequences of certain political claims for sexual minorities. Pdf the normalization of queer theory researchgate. A quarter century has passed since the publication of the book that in many ways started the whole thing, eve kosofsky sedgwicks epistemology of the closet. Queer theory includes both queer readings of texts and the theorisation of queerness itself. Third, the antisocial thesis and the relation of queer theory to queer politics are discussed with. Queer studies queer studies is an even more recent branch of theoretical inquiry, having been named as an area of study only in the early 1990s.
Third, the antisocial thesis and the relation of queer theory to queer politics are discussed with regard to lee edelmans book no future 2008. It rejects the essentialist nature of theories of identity based on binary oppositions like malefemale, gaystraight and argues there is another space outside which is. James penney argues that far from signalling the end of antihomophobic criticism, however, the end of queer presents the occasion to rethink the relation between sexuality and politics. Queer apocalypses announces the emergence of major new voice in the field and contributes valuably to the ongoing development and vitality of queer thought. Indiana university press, 1991 social science 159 pages. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Shortly after completing her doctorate in modern languages and literatures at bocconi university in milan, she relocated in the united states and held academic positions at the universities of colorado, california and wisconsin, where she taught italian language and literature, semiotics, feminist studies, and film studies. A journal of feminist cultural studies, entitled queer theory, lesbian and gay sexualities. Background queer theory libguides at university of illinois at.
This essay advances a series of critical points in queer theory. While often nonconforming by academic standards, the alternative perspectives were but also innovative and provocative. Although this use of queer marks a process of resignification as new meanings and values are associated with what was once a term of homophobic abuse, there is always an important sense in which queer. This article will provide justification for why feminist theory and queer theory should be drawn into conversation with each other as useful frameworks for hrd research and scholarship. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. The movements of theory and the movements of political action never follow one from. Queer agency in kenyas digital media african studies.
One of the key concepts in queer theory is the idea of heteronormativity, which pertains to the institutions, structures of understanding, and practical orientations that make. An introduction, annamarie jagose provides a clear and concise explanation of queer theory, tracing it as part of an intriguing history of samesex love over the last century, from midcentury homophile movements to gay liberation, the womens movement and lesbian feminism, to the reappropriation of the term queer. Queer texts, bad habits, and the issue of a future deepdyve. Queer theory queer theory rejects conventional or mainstream behaviour, including sexual identity, but also a range of identities including race, disability and gender. Queer theory lesbian and gay sexualities books from. Based on her discussion of queer theory, vasvari presents and anal. Queer theory needs to reconsider sexuality in the freudian sense of polymorphousperverse, in its ungovernable, compulsive, and unconscious dimensions. Queer theory lesbian and gay sexualities books from differences. After queer theory makes the provocative claim that queer theory has run its course, made obsolete by the elaboration of its own logic within capitalism. Page 7 of 7 encyclopedia of activism and social justice. Lee edelman lorenzo berninis book, queer apocalypses, gives an extremely smart, rigorous and comprehensive overview of what has been called antisocial queer theory. The multiple definitions of queerare examined, to foster an understandingthe positions. What that new tradition proposed was a nonconforming theory a queer theory which offered alternative perspectives on normative academic practices, while questioning the authority proclaimed by academic norms. Bergmann is associate professor of spanish at the university of california, berkeley and a coauthor of women, culture and politics in latin america paul julian smith is professor of spanish and portuguese at cambridge university.
First, a text is queer, regardless of the queerness of its authorial persona, if it carries the inscription of sexuality as something more than sex. Until further notice, in response to covid19, ishare requesting and statewide library delivery are temporarily suspended, and ishare library materials will not be considered overdue. Queer theory is a field of critical theory that emerged in the early 1990s out of the fields of queer studies and womens studies. Jun 01, 2011 queer theory needs to reconsider sexuality in the freudian sense of polymorphousperverse, in its ungovernable, compulsive, and unconscious dimensions. The author of numerous, widely translated, works in semiotics, feminist theory, psychoanalysis, literary and film theory, she writes in both english and italian. Butler, seeking to destabilize binary oppositions such as gaystraight, introduced the key concept of performativity. Since the early 1990s, the term queer has been strategically taken up to signify a wideranging and unmethodical resistance to normative models of sex, gender, and sexuality. I ask, will decolonial queer theory center this subaltern citizen. Queer theory and discourses of desire purdue epubs.
This theory implicitly accepts the possibility however remote that people who act against the norms are considered as queer, in relation to the normative aspects that. Queer theory grew out of feminism and gender studies in the 1990s in this theory the word queer is not necessarily a synonym for gay but rather a position that rejects conventions or mainstream expressions of all types of behaviour including sexuality and gender. In queer theory, annamarie jagose provides a clear and concise explanation of queer theory, tracing it as part of an intriguing history of samesex love over the last century. In queer theory, edited by morland, iain and willox, annabelle, 54. Queer theorys origin is hard to clearly define, since it came from multiple critical and cultural contexts, including feminism, poststructuralist theory, radical movements of people of color, the gay and lesbian movements, aids activism, many sexual subcultural practices such as sadomasochism, and postcolonialism. She came to the united states shortly after completing her degree and taught italian, comparative literatures, womens studies, and film studies at several american universities, including the. Perhaps the most prominent certainly the most respectablesounding use of queer can be seen in its frequent coupling with theory. She later introduced the phrase in a 1991 special issue of differences. The term queer theory was introduced in 1990, with eve kosofsky sedgwick, judith butler, adrienne rich and diana fuss all largely following the work of michel foucault among its foundational proponents. Nevertheless, the use of a former pejorative caused tension within the glbtt. Queer theory emerged later in the early 1990s as a response to studies made on womens rights movement and it was first coined by ms. Queer theory is a sociological perspective that takes account of the cultural products, social practices, and institutions which together bestow on heterosexuality a sacred status. I offer conceptual analyses of their use of queer as a political concept.