Fear of a Queer Planet, 6: Queer Politics and Social Theory (Warner Michael)(Paperback)

Fear of a Queer Planet, 6: Queer Politics and Social Theory (Warner Michael)(Paperback)

Reveals how queer activists and theorists have come to challenge basic assumptions of social and political

Same Old: Queer Theory, Literature and the Politics of Sameness (Nichols Ben)(Pevná vazba)

In its contributions to the study of material social differences, queer theoretical writing has mostly assumed that any ideas which embody 'difference' are valuable. More than this, where it is invoked in contemporary theory, queerness is often imagined as synonymous with difference itself. This

Queer Theory and Brokeback Mountain (Tinkcom Matthew)(Paperback)

Queer Theory and Brokeback Mountain examines queer theory as it has emerged in the past three decades and discusses how Brokeback Mountain can be understood through the terms of this field of scholarship and activism. Organized into two parts, in the first half the author discusses key canonical

Queer Theory: An Introduction (Jagose Annamarie)(Paperback)

The essential history of queer theory The reclamation of the term queer over the last several decades marked a shift in the study of sexuality from a focus on supposedly essential categories such as gay and lesbian, to more fluid notions of sexual identity. On the cutting-edge of this significant

Imagining Queer Methods (Ghaziani Amin)(Paperback)

Reimagines the field of queer studies by asking 'How do we do queer theory?' Imagining Queer Methods showcases the methodological renaissance unfolding in queer scholarship. This volume brings together emerging and esteemed researchers from all corners of the academy who are defining new

Homo Psyche: On Queer Theory and Erotophobia (Ashtor Gila)(Paperback)

Can Queer theory be erotophobic? This book proceeds from the perplexing observation that for all of its political agita, rhetorical virtuosity, and intellectual restlessness, queer theory conforms to a model of erotic life that is psychologically conservative and narrow. Even after several decades

No Future: Queer Theory and the Death Drive (Edelman Lee)(Paperback)

In this searing polemic, Lee Edelman outlines a radically uncompromising new ethics of queer theory. His main target is the all-pervasive figure of the child, which he reads as the linchpin of our universal politics of 'reproductive futurism.' Edelman argues that the child, understood as innocence

Deleuze and Queer Theory (Nigianni Chrysanthi)(Paperback)

Intersections Between Feminist and Queer Theory (Richardson D.)(Paperback)

Queer ideas have unsettled other forms of exploring gender and sexuality in particular feminism and feminists have been significant critics. This book explores the debates between feminist and queer theorizing to seek out interconnections and identify new directions in thinking about sexuality and

After Sex?: On Writing Since Queer Theory (Halley Janet)(Paperback)

Since queer theory originated in the early 1990s, its insights and modes of analysis have been taken up by scholars across the humanities and social sciences. In After Sex? prominent contributors to the development of queer studies offer personal reflections on the field's history, accomplishments,

Queer Stepfamilies: The Path to Social and Legal Recognition (Acosta Katie L.)(Pevná vazba)

A compelling examination of the social and legal experiences of lesbian, bisexual, and queer stepparent families Lesbian, bisexual, and queer families formed after the dissolution of a marriage face a range of obstacles. In Queer Stepfamilies, Katie L. Acosta offers a wealth of insight into their

Unpacking Queer Politics: A Lesbian Feminist Perspective (Jeffreys Sheila)(Paperback)

Unpacking Queer Politics argues that the strong lesbian feminist movement of the 1970s, which was able to articulate a philosophy and practice that distinguished lesbian politics from gay male politics, was submerged in the 1990s beneath a gay male agenda called queer politics. The new

Queer Nuns: Religion, Activism, and Serious Parody (Wilcox Melissa M.)(Paperback)

An engaging look into the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, queer activists devoted to social justice The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence make up an unlikely order of nuns. Self-described as 'twenty-first century queer nuns,' the Sisters began in 1979 when three bored gay men donned retired Roman

After Queer Studies: Literature, Theory and Sexuality in the 21st Century (Bradway Tyler)(Paperback)

After Queer Studies maps the literary influences that facilitated queer theory's academic emergence and charts the trajectories that continue to shape its continued evolution as a critical practice. It explores the interdisciplinary origins of queer studies and argues for the prominent role that

French Queer Cinema (Rees-Roberts Nick)(Paperback)

French Queer Cinema examines the representation of queer identities and sexualities in contemporary French filmmaking. This groundbreaking volume is the first comprehensive study of the cultural formation and critical reception of contemporary queer film and video in France. French Queer Cinema

Queer Optimism: Lyric Personhood and Other Felicitous Persuasions (Snediker Michael D.)(Paperback)

Michael Snediker offers a much-needed counterpoint to queer theoretical discourse, which has long privileged melancholy, self-shattering, incoherence, shame, and the death drive. Recovering the forms of positive affect that queer theory has jettisoned, Snediker insists that optimism must itself be

Argentine Queer Tango: Dance and Sexuality Politics in Buenos Aires (Liska Mercedes)(Pevná vazba)

This book analyzes tango, specifically queer tango, and the role of musical practices and bodily expressions in social and cultural transformations in Buenos

Queer Indigenous Studies: Critical Interventions in Theory, Politics, and Literature (Driskill Qwo-Li)(Paperback)

'This book is an imagining.' So begins this collection examining critical, Indigenous-centered approaches to understanding gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and Two-Spirit (GLBTQ2) lives and communities and the creative implications of queer theory in Native studies. This book is not so

Sassy Planet: A Queer Guide to 40 Cities, Big and Small (Dodge David)(Paperback)

Check out what's up and coming in LGBTQ scenes around the world with this quirky, vibrant queer travel guide. For decades, LGBTQ travelers have congregated in predictable places: queer-friendly cities like New York and Berlin, or beach towns such as Mykonos and Fire Island. But as progress and

British Queer Cinema(Paperback / softback)

Drawing together a range of essays, this is the history of lesbian, gay and queer representation in British cinema. From the early years of 'Pre-Gay, through the post-war gay liberation, and the 'post-AIDS' queer generations, it provides an historical perspective on queer cinema. It is for students

Israel/Palestine and the Queer International (Schulman Sarah)(Paperback)

In this chronicle of political awakening and queer solidarity, the activist and novelist Sarah Schulman describes her dawning consciousness of the Palestinian liberation struggle. Invited to Israel to give the keynote address at an LGBT studies conference at Tel Aviv University, Schulman declines,

Lesbian Cinema After Queer Theory (Bradbury-Rance Clara)(Paperback)

Headline: A study of spectatorship, desire, identification and identity Blurb: Lesbianism has received unprecedented screen time in the first decades of the twenty-first century, departing from a prior invisibility which historically was interrupted only by invocations of pathologisation, isolation

Queer Shakespeare: Desire and Sexuality (Stanivukovic Goran)(Paperback)

Queer Shakespeare: Desire and Sexuality draws together 13 essays, which offer a major reassessment of the criticism of desire, body and sexuality in Shakespeare's drama and poetry. Bringing together some of the most prominent critics working at the intersection of Shakespeare criticism and queer

Sexual Textualities: Essays on Queer/Ing Latin American Writing (Foster David William)(Paperback)

A queer reading of literary and cultural aspects of Latin American