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Queer Theory
Use of the word ¨queer¨
Marginalized sexual identities
Umbrella term
Used to create discourse for a new theoretical school
Sexual ¨deviants¨
Once a derogatory term used against gays/lesbians
Deconstructionism
Post-Structualism
Queer Theory
Personalities
Annamarie Jagose
Author - Queer Theory: An Introduction (1996)
Dianna Fuss
Adrien Rich
Michel Foucault
Teresa de Lauretis
Coined term ¨queer theory¨
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
Jack Halberstam
Lee Edelman
Judith Butler
Leo Bersani
Lauren Berlant
Feminism
Challenges to idea that gender is part of one´s essential self
Media
HIV/AIDs
Identity Politics
History
1970s - Deconstructionist begin to apply theory to matters of sexual identity
Emerged from queer/women´s studies
Began in 1990s
Criticism
Racism
Language
Arguments against latest queer terminology
Arguments for latest queer terminology
Role of Biology
Core Concepts
Heteronormativity - normalizing practices/institutions that privilege heterosexuality and discriminates against those outside of this network of power
Sexual/gender identities are unstable, not singular
Focuses on mismatches between sex, gender, and desire
Sexual acts/identities are socially constructed
Overview
A framework for discussing issues related to sexuality and gender
Relationship between power and identity
Manifestations of oppression and privilege
Deconstruction of social norms/taxonomies
Why did these norms/taxonomies come into being?
How did these norms/tasxonomies come into being?
Theory of gender-corrective surgery
Gender ambiguity
Intersex bodies/identities
Theory of cross-dressing
Gay, lesbian and bisexual subjects
Differences between queery theory and gay/lesbian studies
Queer theory expands focus past homosexuality and includes analysis of all sexual acts
Theorisation of ¨queerness¨
Queer readings of texts
