Queer Theory: An Introduction
An Introduction
$59.55
- Paperback
156 pages
- Release Date
19 February 1997
Summary
The political and academic appropriation of the term queer over the last several years has marked a shift in the study of sexuality from a focus on supposedly essential categories as gay and lesbian to more fluid or queer notions of sexual identity. Yet queer is a category still in the process of formation. In Queer Theory, Annamarie Jagose provides a clear and concise explanation of queer theory, tracing it as part of an intriguing history of same-sex love over the last century. Blending ins…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780814742341 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0814742343 |
| Author: | Annamarie Jagose |
| Publisher: | New York University Press |
| Imprint: | New York University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 156 |
| Release Date: | 19 February 1997 |
| Weight: | 159g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
“Annamarie Jagose knows that queer theory did not spring full-blown from the head of any contemporary theorist. It is the outcome of many different influences and sources, including the homophile movement, gay liberation, and lesbian feminism. In pointing to the history of queer theory–a history that all too often is ignored or elided–Jagose performs a valuable service.” -Henry Abelove,co-editor of The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader
About The Author
Annamarie Jagose
Annamarie Jagose is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Melbourne, and the author of Lesbian Utopics. Her novel In Translation won the PEN Award for Best First Fiction in 1994.
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