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The new edition of Key Concepts in Gender Studies is a lively and engaging introduction to this dynamic field. Thoroughly revised throughout, the second edition benefits from the addition of nine new concepts including Gender Social Movements, Intersectionality and Mainstreaming. Each of the entries: • begins with a concise definition • outlines the history of each term and the debates surrounding it • includes illustrations of how the concept has been applied within the field • offers examples which allow a critical re-evaluation of the concept • is cross-referenced with the other key concepts • ends with guidance on further reading. A must-buy for undergraduate and postgraduate students in a range of social science and humanities disciplines.
Queer Theory
Queer Theory
Queer theory developed in the humanities in the mid-1980s and expanded in the wake of growing theoretical interests in sexuality, particularly through the work of Michel Foucault. This was coterminous with the adoption of the term ‘queer’ by gay and lesbian activist groups such as Queer Nation, ACT UP and OutRage! in the USA and Europe. It was a deliberate appropriation of a term used pejoratively and homophobically in the past, in order to facilitate confident declarations of gay and lesbian visibility. This strategy of visibility and a rebellious assertion of ‘deviance’ was to characterise much of the political work conducted in the wake of the AIDS epidemic. Once cast as offensive, the term ‘queer’ is now used against the knowledge of ...
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