<p>From the coining of the word 'homosexual' in 1869 by a Swiss doctor through the mid-century homophile movements in the United States, gay liberation and feminism, Annamarie Jagose clearly traces the consciousness and consequences of same-sex sex to the currently evolving field of queer theory, lucidly demonstrating how insights gained from the AIDS epidemic, post-structuralism and other contemporary theoretical movements have made queer theory both personally and intellectually stimulating.</p>

Queer theory (Interpretations)

Politics & Social Sciences

Annamarie Jagose

Social Sciences

Melbourne University Press

Slow Water

Victoria University Press

Literature & Fiction

Vintage

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 insights from prominent theorists such as Judith Butler and David Halperin, Jagose argues that queer theory's challenge is to create new ways of thinking, not only about fixed sexual identities such as heterosexual and homosexual, but also about other supposedly essential notions such as sexuality and gender and even man and woman.

Queer Theory

Otago University Press

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