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A critical introduction to queer theory

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NYU Press, 2003 - Social Science - 232 pages

A Critical Introduction to Queer Theory explores the ways in which sexuality, subjectivity and sociality have been discursively produced in various historical and cultural contexts.

The book begins by putting gay and lesbian sexuality and politics in historical context and demonstrates how and why queer theory emerged in the West in the late twentieth century. Sullivan goes on to provide a detailed overview of the complex ways in which queer theory has been employed, covering a diversity of key topics including: race, sadomasochism, straight sex, fetishism, community, popular culture, transgender, and performativity. Each chapter focuses on a distinct issue or topic, provides a critical analysis of the specific ways in which it has been responded to by critics (including Freud, Foucault, Derrida, Judith Butler, Jean-Luc Nancy, Adrienne Rich and Laura Mulvey), introduces key terms, and uses contemporary cinematic texts as examples.

  

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Review: A Critical Introduction to Queer Theory

User Review  - Jenifer - Goodreads

This book is not an attempt to define or provide an introduction to queer theory. Note the use of the word critical in the title and read the introduction. Sullivan aims to highlight the ... Read full review

Review: A Critical Introduction to Queer Theory

User Review  - Ashley Robinson - Goodreads

This book offers a good, solid overview of queer theories, though sometimes the discussions are too brief to be very useful. What Sullivan does extremely well is focus the reader on the fact that ... Read full review

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Contents

The Social Construction of SameSex Desire Sin Crime Sickness
1
Assimilation or Liberation Sexuality or Gender?
22
Queer A Question of Being or A Question of Doing?
37
Queer Race
57
Performance Performativity Parody and Politics
81
Transsexual Empires and Transgender Warriors
99
Queering Straight Sex
119
Community and its Discontents
136
Sadomasochism as Resistance?
151
Fetishisms and the Politics of Perversion
168
Queering Popular Culture
189
Bibliography
207
Index
225
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About the author (2003)

Nikki Sullivan is a lecturer in the Department of Critical and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University. She is the author of Tattooed Bodies: Subjectivity, Textuality, Ethics, Pleasure; and numerous articles on body modification and on sexuality.

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