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Queer theories
- Title
- Queer theories / Donald E. Hall.
- Author
- Hall, Donald E. (Donald Eugene), 1960-
- Publication
- Houndsmills, Basinstroke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | HQ75.15 .H35 2003 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 214 pages; 22 cm.
- Summary
- Explores the field of sexual identity studies, covering the history of the terms "gay" and "lesbian" as identity categories, the reclamation of the word "queer" as a term of radical self-identification, and the recent challenges posed by transgender and bisexual theories.
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- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-209) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: what "queer theories" can do for you -- Part I: The social construction of queer theories. A brief, slanted history of "homosexual" activity -- Who and what is "queer?" -- Queering class, race and gender, and sexual orientation -- Part II: Queer readings. The queerness of 'The yellow wall-paper' -- Queering the self: "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" -- Reading for excess: The queer texts of Orlando, Giovanni's room, and The color purple" -- Part III: Post queer? -- W(h)ither Identity?
- ISBN
- 0333775392
- 9780333775394
- 0333775406
- 9780333775400
- LCCN
- 2002026771
- OCLC
- ocm50124432
- 50124432
- SCSB-14689270
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library