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Queering Gay and Lesbian Studies
Thomas Piontek
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Description for Queering Gay and Lesbian Studies
Paperback. Offers an analysis of the development of gay and lesbian studies alongside the development of queer theory, the disputes between them, and criticism of their activities from both in and outside of the gay academic community. Num Pages: 136 pages, 3 photographs. BIC Classification: JFSK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 242.
Queering Gay and Lesbian Studies is a broadly interdisciplinary study that considers a key dilemma in gay and lesbian studies through the prism of identity and its discontents: the field studies has modeled itself on ethnic studies programs, perhaps to be intelligible to the university community, but certainly because the ethnic studies route to programs is well established. Since this model requires a stable and identifiable community, gay and lesbian studies have emphasized stable and knowable identities. The problem, of course is that sexuality is neither stable, tidy, nor developmental. With the advent of queer theory, there are now other ... Read more
Queering Gay and Lesbian Studies is a broadly interdisciplinary study that considers a key dilemma in gay and lesbian studies through the prism of identity and its discontents: the field studies has modeled itself on ethnic studies programs, perhaps to be intelligible to the university community, but certainly because the ethnic studies route to programs is well established. Since this model requires a stable and identifiable community, gay and lesbian studies have emphasized stable and knowable identities. The problem, of course is that sexuality is neither stable, tidy, nor developmental. With the advent of queer theory, there are now other ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252072802
SKU
V9780252072802
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About Thomas Piontek
Thomas Piontek is a visiting assistant professor of English at Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio.
Reviews for Queering Gay and Lesbian Studies
"An accessible and engaging study on the development of the tensions between gay and lesbian studies and queer theory."
Atlantis
Atlantis