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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808425403321

Autore

Bernini Lorenzo <1973->

Titolo

Queer theories: an introduction : from Mario Mieli to the antisocial turn / / Lorenzo Bernini ; translated by Michela Baldo and Elena Basile

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2021

©2021

ISBN

0-429-51554-5

0-429-20369-1

0-429-51211-2

9780429512117

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 pages)

Collana

Gender Insights

Altri autori (Persone)

BerniniLorenzo <1973->

Disciplina

306.76

Soggetti

Sexual minorities

Queer theory

Gender identity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published in Italian in 2017 by Mimesis as: Le teorie queer : un'introduzione.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"This is a short and accessible introduction to the complex and evolving debates around queer theories, advocating for their critical role in academia and society. The book traces the roots of queer theories and argues that Foucault owed important debt to other European authors including the feminist and homosexual liberation movement of the 1960-70s and the anticolonial movement of the 1950s"--