Queer Theory

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Morland, Iain (Editor), Willox, Annabelle (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Macmillan Education UK : Imprint: Palgrave, 2005.
• Series: Readers in Cultural Criticism
• Subjects: Literature.; Literature > Philosophy.; Literary Theory.

Queer Theory is one of the most contested and intellectually complex movements in contemporary sexual politics. Where did it come from, and what does it do? Is queer theory only for queers? If you have ever wanted to be a leather daddy, been puzzled by performativity, tried to measure bisexuality, o...

Table of Contents:

• List of Illustrations
• General Editor's Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction; I.Morland & A.Willox
• From Here to Queer: Radical Feminism, Postmodernism, and the Lesbian Menace; S.D.Walters
• Gay Men, Lesbians, and Sex: Doing it Together; P.Califia
• 1,112 and Counting; L.Kramer
• The Leather Daddy and the Femme; C.Queen
• The Return to Biology; M.Garber
• Intersex Activism, Feminism and Psychology; C.Chase & P.Hegarty
• Axiomatic; E.Kosofsky Sedgwick
• A Brief, Slanted History of 'Homosexual' Activity; D.E.Hall
• Gender Fucking or Fucking Gender; S.Whittle
• GenderFusion; D.L.Volcano & I.Windh
• Contagious Word: Paranoia and 'Homosexuality' in the Military; J.Butler
• I'd Rather Be the Princess than the Queen!: Mourning Diana as Gay Icon; W.J.Spurlin
• Identity Judgements, Queer Politics; M.N.Lance & A.Tanesini
• Afterword; M.Merck
• Summaries
• Suggestions for Further Reading
• Notes on Contributors
• Index.