LEADER 03332nam 2200553 450 001 9910154690403321 005 20200915044058.0 010 $a1-5036-0046-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781503600461 035 $a(CKB)3710000000971754 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4769972 035 $a(DE-B1597)564535 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781503600461 035 $a(OCoLC)1198930851 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000971754 100 $a20161227h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aQueer theory $ethe French response /$fBruno Perreau 210 1$aStanford, California :$cStanford University Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (289 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-5036-0044-0 311 $a0-8047-9886-9 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tCHAPTER 1. WHO?S AFRAID OF ?GENDER THEORY?? -- $tCHAPTER 2. THE MANY MEANINGS OF QUEER -- $tCHAPTER 3. TRANSATLANTIC HOMECOMINGS -- $tCHAPTER 4. THE SPECTER OF QUEER POLITICS -- $tCONCLUSION -- $tNOTES -- $tINDEX 330 $aIn 2012 and 2013, masses of French citizens took to the streets to demonstrate against a bill on gay marriage. But demonstrators were not merely denouncing its damaging effects; they were also claiming that its origins lay in "gender theory," an ideology imported from the United States. By "gender theory" they meant queer theory in general and, more specifically, the work of noted scholar Judith Butler. Now French opponents to gay marriage, supported by the Vatican, are attacking school curricula that explore male/female equality, which they claim is further proof of gender theory's growing empire. They fear that this pro-homosexual propaganda will not only pervert young people, but destroy the French nation itself. What are the various facets of the French response to queer theory, from the mobilization of activists and the seminars of scholars to the emergence of queer media and the decision to translate this or that kind of book? Ironically, perceiving queer theory as a threat to France means overlooking the fact that queer theory itself has been largely inspired by French thinkers. By examining mutual influences across the Atlantic, Bruno Perreau analyzes changes in the idea of national identity in France and the United States. In the process, he offers a new theory of minority politics: an ongoing critique of norms is not only what gives rise to a feeling of belonging; it is the very thing that founds citizenship. 606 $aQueer theory$zFrance 606 $aHomosexuality$xPolitical aspects$zFrance 606 $aSame-sex marriage$xPolitical aspects$zFrance 606 $aGroup identity$xPolitical aspects$zFrance 606 $aNationalism$zFrance 615 0$aQueer theory 615 0$aHomosexuality$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aSame-sex marriage$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aGroup identity$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aNationalism 676 $a306.7601 700 $aPerreau$b Bruno$01132200 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154690403321 996 $aQueer theory$92895751 997 $aUNINA