LEADER 02996nam 2200457 450 001 9910819869703321 005 20231213013250.0 010 $a1-4744-7294-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9781474472944 035 $a(CKB)4100000010673974 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6141853 035 $a(DE-B1597)615582 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781474472944 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010673974 100 $a20200621d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA critical introduction to queer theory$b[electronic resource] /$fNikki Sullivan 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cEdinburgh University Press,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (241 pages) 311 $a0-7486-1597-0 327 $aThe social construction of same-sex desire: sin, crime, sickness -- Assimilation or liberation, sexuality or gender? -- Queer: a question of being or a question of doing? -- Queer race -- Performance, performativity, parody, and politics -- Transsexual empires and transgender warriors -- Queering 'straight' sex -- Community and its discontents -- Sadomasochism as resistance? -- Fetishism(s) and the politics of perversion -- Queering popular culture. 330 $aExplores how sexuality, subjectivity and sociality have been discursively produced in various historical and cultural contexts The book begins by putting gay and lesbian sexuality and politics in historical context and demonstrates how, and why, Queer Theory emerged in the West in the late twentieth century. It goes on to provide a detailed overview of the complex ways in which Queer Theory has been practised. Topics covered include: Race Sadomasochism ?Straight? sex Fetishism Community Popular culture Transgender Performativity Each chapter focuses on an issue or topic, provides a critical analysis of the specific ways in which it has been responded to by critics (including Sigmund Freud, Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Nancy, Adrienne Rich and Laura Mulvey), and introduces key terms. Each chapter also discusses contemporary cinematic texts. Key Features Extends current accounts of Queer Theory by analysing its relation to our everyday lives Provides historical overviews of key concepts such as heterosexuality, sadomasochism and fetishism Up to date coverage of issues and debates Examples are taken from contemporary popular cultural texts such as films, documentaries and art projects. 606 $aHomosexuality$xPhilosophy 606 $aGay people$xIdentity 606 $aQueer theory 615 0$aHomosexuality$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aGay people$xIdentity. 615 0$aQueer theory. 676 $a306.76601 700 $aSullivan$b Nikki$f1962-$01662514 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819869703321 996 $aA critical introduction to queer theory$94019261 997 $aUNINA