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Queer theory and social change / Max Kirsch.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000Description: x, 157 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415221854
  • 9780415221856
  • 0415221846
  • 9780415221849
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.76601 21
LOC classification:
  • HQ76.25 .K57 2000
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I. Positioning Queer Theory -- 1. Crossroads -- 2. Making Queer Theory -- Part II. Evaluating Practice -- 3. Considering Sex, Gender and Difference -- 4. Capitalism and its Transgressors -- 5. Meta-identity, Performativity, and Internalized Homophobia -- Part III. Moving Ahead -- 6. From Culture to Action -- Conclusion: Theory, Politics and the Community.
Summary: "The emergence of queer theory represents a huge leap in our understanding of lesbian and gay peoples. It embodies a context for treating these people as worthy of consideration in their own rights and not as an appendage to general cultural theory. Max Kirsch argues that the current development of this area is in danger of repeating past mistakes in the construction of analyses, and ultimately, social movements. In this way, the book presents an alternative to the current fascination with the abstract categories of identity, culture and difference, and emphasizes the need for a discussion of the importance of communities and role of globalization on queer movements."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-151) and index.

Introduction -- Part I. Positioning Queer Theory -- 1. Crossroads -- 2. Making Queer Theory -- Part II. Evaluating Practice -- 3. Considering Sex, Gender and Difference -- 4. Capitalism and its Transgressors -- 5. Meta-identity, Performativity, and Internalized Homophobia -- Part III. Moving Ahead -- 6. From Culture to Action -- Conclusion: Theory, Politics and the Community.

"The emergence of queer theory represents a huge leap in our understanding of lesbian and gay peoples. It embodies a context for treating these people as worthy of consideration in their own rights and not as an appendage to general cultural theory. Max Kirsch argues that the current development of this area is in danger of repeating past mistakes in the construction of analyses, and ultimately, social movements. In this way, the book presents an alternative to the current fascination with the abstract categories of identity, culture and difference, and emphasizes the need for a discussion of the importance of communities and role of globalization on queer movements."--Publisher description.

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