Debates in transgender, queer, and feminist theory. Julia scheele is an illustrator, graphic facilitator and comic book artist. It flows out of books into the streets as a political movement. Michelle tea is one of the most prolific and underappreciated queer writers of our time. A kuyperian vision of rigorous practical and intellectual christian cultural engagement serves as a. Queer has been associated most prominently with bisexual, lesbian and gay subjects, but its analytic framework also includes such topics as.
Reclaiming queer is an examination of the rhetorical linkage of queer theory in the academy with streetlevel queer activism in the 1980s and early 1990s. Queer theory and feminism kathy rudy duke university in the academy today, those of us who work on issues and ideas concerning women, feminism, gender, sexuality, sexual ethics, or homosexuality are being surrounded by things queer. What you need to know about the jen hatmaker lgbtq. Nicholas wolterstorff argues that contemporary speechaction theory, when appropriately expanded, offers us a fascinating way of interpreting this claim and showing its intelligibility. Both disability studies and queer theory are centrally concerned with how bodies, pleasures, and identities are represented as normal or as abject, but crip theory is the first book to analyze thoroughly the ways in which these interdisciplinary fields inform each other.
Swhelper social welfare, social justice, and social good. From the moment of the first reports of queer politics and queer theory, many gay men and lesbians hated the idea. Like that element, we can contain queer theory, and it will fill even overflow our container. Almost 25 years after the release of jennie livingstons unapologetic documentary paris is burning 1990 and judith butlers groundbreaking book gender trouble 1990, one might wonder what happened to the queer project. N icholas wolterstorffs recent case for samesex marriage, delivered as a lecture at neland avenue christian reformed church in grand rapids in midoctober, bears many of the virtues weve come to count on from the yale professor emeritus of philosophical theology. Searching through subject headings will give you materials that are specifically about that topic. Queer childrens books have a long history thats only now being told for youngsters realising they dont fit expected gender roles, books from winniethepooh to his dark materials have long. Some useful subject headingskey words to use when looking for books. Although this use of queer marks a process of resignification as new meanings and values are associated with what was once a term of homophobic abuse, there is always an important sense in which queer. Queer theory is a rapidly growing field in the critical theory tradition. Nicholas wolterstorff spoke about samesex marriage for the first time publicly last week, laying out how he came to his conclusion that biblical justice requires that people of homosexual orientation be granted the great good of civil and ecclesial marriage.
Queer theory grew out of feminism and gender studies in the 1990s in this theory the word queer is not necessarily a synonym for gay but rather a position that rejects conventions or mainstream expressions of all types of behaviour including sexuality and gender. Sex, politics, and the ethics of queer life free press, 1999. Yet queer is a category still in the process of formation. But demonstrators were not merely denouncing its damaging effects. Top 10 queer and feminist books of 2015 autostraddle. In queer theory, annamarie jagose provides a clear and concise explanation of queer theory, tracing it as part of an intriguing history of samesex love over the last century. Nicholas wolterstorffs cheap shots wesley hill first. A onestop, nononsense introduction to the core of postmodern theory, particularly its impact on queer and gender studies. In fact, jesus believed that gender distinctly matters for marriage. Since the early 1990s, the term queer has been strategically taken up to signify a wideranging and unmethodical resistance to normative models of sex, gender, and sexuality.
Queer theory reading list lgbtq center brown university. To her admirers, sedgwicks academic writing was important because it spoke to actual social concerns. Nicholas wolterstorff has 62 books on goodreads with 7094 ratings. Callis purdue university, west lafayette, in, usa scholars writing on the topic of bisexual identity frequently lament the lack of bisexual representation in works of queer theorists. Foucault is not the origin of queer theory, nor is queer theory the destination of foucaults thinking. Nationally known gender activist riki wilchins combines straightforward prose with concrete examples from lgbt and feminist politics, as well as her own life, to guide the reader through the ideas that have forever altered our understanding of bodies, sex and desire. Books by nicholas wolterstorff author of lament for a son. A journal of feminist cultural studies she edited based on that conference queer theory focuses on mismatches between sex, gender and desire.
Deviations is the definitive collection of writing by gayle s. In many quarters of the world of higher education, religious ideas or religiously informed perspectives are deemed inappropriate for the classroom, and for scholarly research and discourse, confining these discussions. Finding articles queer theory libguides at university. The hatmakers also reason that when it comes to marriage, faithfulness trumps gender. If you have ever wanted to be a leather daddy, been puzzled by performativity, tried to measure bisexuality, or wondered whether diana, princess of wales could be a gay icon, queer theory is required. It begins a conversation and encourages further discussion. Born out of the discords of postmodern identity politics and the frustrations of aids activism in the late 1980s, the queer movement evolved and flourished throughout. The descent of man by grayson perry, on the mezzanine by cassie donish, life isnt binary. Divine discourse comprises nicholas wolterstorffs philosophical reflections on the claim that god speaks. This claim figures large in the canonical texts and traditions of judaism, christianity, and islam, but there has been remarkably little philosophical reflection on it, in good measure so professor wolterstorff argues because philosophers have mistakenly assimilated divine speech to. Nicholas wolterstorffs most popular book is lament for a son. She runs one beat zines, a feminist zine collective and distributor.
In 2012 and 20, masses of french citizens took to the streets to demonstrate against a bill on gay marriage. Queer theory includes both queer readings of texts and the theorization of queerness itself. We spoke to a few queer theory aficionados and came up with this list of 20 mustread queer theory texts. Background queer theory libguides at university of.
Finding books queer theory libguides at university of illinois at. Guide for lgbtq research at rutgers universitycamden. This collection of essays and talks written or given over a 30 year period traces nicholas wolterstorffs journey of thinking about christian higher education, the integration of faith and learning, and his growing concern that education result in the pursuit of justice and shalom. Although queer appeared only twice in the text, the book laid the groundwork for queer theorys inquiry into how western society categorizes, or challenges, its ideas about sexuality and gender. Drawing on feminist theory, african american and latinoa cultural. Queer theory is a varied field that, much like its namesake, resists easy categorization. However, though the problem has been noted, it has yet to be addressed within the. For using the term positively, i was denounced by the new york native as the gay. Above all else, he points to his dutch reformed heritage, heavily influenced by the thought of abraham kuyper. Unlike other books of lgbtq history or queer theory monographs, a queer new york uses a unique multilayered analytic in order to produce more robust, compelling, and intricate arguments about the. You know, girls are calm and thoughtful, while boys are spontaneous and passionate, that sort of thing. Discover librarianselected research resources on queer theory from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. The founding ed of genderpac, she is the author of queer theorygender theory.
After a lifetime of hilarious, honest, and pioneering books documenting the events of her insane lesbian. Reading and rereading the sexual subject brenda cossman although some scholars no longer see a place for feminist theory in analyses of sexuality, this article shows that there are lessons to be learned by examining queer theory through the lens of feminism. A pioneer in queer theory bostonia winterspring 2010. The state of queer and queer theory, ever the postpostmodern concepts, is as elusive to nail down as mercury. Michael warner is a professor and chair of the department of english, and a professor of american studies, at yale university. Educating for shalom, by nicholas wolterstorff, grand rapids. Queer theory, in part, is a reaction to a school of 1970s feminism that believed each sex comes with its own essential characteristics. Books are creeping into the gender studies sections of our. List of books and articles about queer theory online. Some lesbian feminist novels written in the years immediately. Approaches to literature queer theory macmillan higher. In divine discourse, wolterstorff takes up three important philosophical topics, viz. Like most of professor wolterstorffs books, it is a first word rather than a final word on a thought provoking topic. Queer theory began in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a critique of sexual normativity, or the way in which some forms of sexuality and gender receive soci.
Prominent in the canonical texts and traditions of judaism, christianity, and islam is the claim that god speaks. He develops an innovative theory of doublehermeneutics along the way opposing the current near. We use your linkedin profile and activity data to personalize ads and to show you more relevant ads. As queer theory becomes more integrated into the academic setting it becomes more visible in day to day society as well.
The latest in a spate of recently published queer books, annamarie jagoses queer theory represents not only a timely, comprehensive, and accessible. Blending insights from prominent theorists such as judith butler and david halperin, jagose argues that queer theorys challenge is to create new ways of thinking. Feminism and the subversion of identity by judith butler, epistemology of the closet by eve kosofsky sedgw. He develops an innovative theory of doublehermeneutics along the way opposing the current nearconsensus led by ricoeur and derrida that there is something. The study of this theory balances history with identity. Queer theory is a field of university of california, santa cruz in 1990 and a special issue of differences. To what does nicholas wolterstorff credit his vast and multiform philosophical achievements that have launched him as one of the most distinguished christian philosophers of our day. 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. Patrick califias published fiction also draws heavily on concepts and ideas from queer theory. Rubin, a pioneering theorist and activist in feminist, lesbian and gay, queer, and sexuality studies. By gender theory they meant queer theory in general and, more specifically, the work of noted scholar judith. Hence, whether heterosexual or homosexual, sex is designed for monogamous marriage of two individuals who sacrifice for one another. Queer theory is one of the most contested and intellectually complex movements in contemporary sexual politics.
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