Queer theory insists that all sexual behaviors, all concepts linking sexual behaviors to sexual identities, and all categories of normative and deviant sexualities, are social constructs, sets of signifiers which create certain types of social meaning. Queer theory follows feminist theory and gaylesbian studies in rejecting the idea that sexuality is. Sep 22, 2015 most current formulations of queer theory either ignore the categories of race and class altogether or theorize their effects in discursive rather than material terms. To the queer theorist, heterosexuality and homosexuality are binary social constructs that hold saliency only in certain historical moments, rather. I learn so much from the way lee edelman grounds a queer ethics and politics outside kinship and reproductive circuits, those spaces of assimilation that use the bribe of futurity to distract us from the ongoing work of social violence and death. Queer theory is an indispensable tool for researchers asking questions about the roles of power, discourse, and knowledge in the development and sustenance of structural forms of domination. When analyzed through a queer lens, nier can be seen to contain thoughtful critiques of binaries and norms in its gameplay, characterization, and especially its narrative. You may do these on any weeks you choose, but everyone must do one within the first 3 weeks. It grew out of gaylesbian studies, a discipline which itself is very new, existing in any kind of organized form only since about the mid1980s. Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of. Queer the creation of power structures within deviancy. This thesis uses perspectives and assumptions from the fields of queer theory, fat studies, and rhetoric to construct a queer critical framework and orientation for analyzing and understanding the rhetorical strategies employed by these rhetors. The main focus of queer theory is to reject the categories of gender and sexuality that we as a society have come to know as traditional. This thesis traces the conceptual change that queer underwent to become an umbrella term for.
Recent work in cognitive narratology has questioned what david herman calls the exceptionality thesis. Queer theory, ethnomusicology, and the disorientation of the field. To suture that gap, this essay proposes quare studies as a vernacular rearticulation and deployment of queer theory to accommodate racialized sexual knowledge. Pdf on aug 1, 2016, emily meixner published theory as method. Queer space in indian fiction and film my dissertation argues that the representation of queer spaces in indian literary and cinematic texts counters the disempowerment of the queer community in postcolonial india. Queer theory is a study that became widely known in the early 1990s, but its studies date back to as early as the 1960s. Though opinions about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer lgbtq people have improved, the lgbtq community has yet to receive complete legal support and social acceptance. This course introduces students to some of the key authors and texts in queer theory, as well as the next generation of works that brought about the establishment of queer studies as a field. Lastly, the article, the antisocial thesis in queer theory, also offers interesting evidence of antisocial thesis when they talk about the emphasis of procreation and importance of reproduction in society caserio et al.
Identity, media theories of paratextuality and the queer studies literature on the. No future is a nuanced polemic, both ringingly clear in its aesthetic and theoretical explications and simply thrilling to read. Gender studies and queer theory purdue writing lab. This thesis sets out to explore the origins and influences of queer theory before. I will argue that michel foucaults discussion of selfhood provides queer theory with a much needed model of the self which opens alternate modes of questioning than those which are. Andrea fontenot, modern fiction studies the book represents a rigorous attempt to think at once generatively and against tropes of generation, to work at once in irony and in earnest to demonstrate the politicals material dependence on. Skripsi thesis, universitas muhammadiyah surakarta. Hintons the outsiders representations of queer relationships in literature are often put in the subtext of works, rather than explicitly addressed. Collection 3 monolithic concept nor i am trying to do justice to its vast heterogeneity within those pages. A brief overview queer theory and queer identity are relatively new concepts and 1 will explain my use of them here. Therefore, i read histories of childhood and theories of child development beside psychoanalytic literatures that give primacy to the unconscious. Ive been meaning to knock it into shape for some time, but its still in the backlog with all the other things ive been.
This thesis includes a study of participants involved in queer polyamorous relationships. In coupling seymour chatmans rhetorical theory of narrative in fiction. Queer texts, bad habits, and the issue of a future glq. Queer theory follows feminist theory and gaylesbian studies in rejecting the idea that. This thesis found that although there is the potential to include queer concepts through silence towards identities within the. Queer theory derives from womens studies and queer studies during the early 1990s. The purpose of this dissertation was to better understand the experiences of out gay and. Queer theory, foucauldian feminism and the erasure of rape historical notes for a present war jane clare jones. Apart from being politically significant, as i hope and believe it is, this thesis also represents a personal narrative of my own development in relation to the issue in question. Praise edelman has certainly articulated a new direction for queer theory, making no future required reading both within the field and beyond. The basic definition of feminism is that men and women should be equal politically, economically and socially.
Queer theory needs to reconsider sexuality in the freudian sense of polymorphousperverse, in its ungovernable, compulsive, and unconscious dimensions. This thesis will attempt to fill the resulting gap, opening a discussion of ethics, as defined by foucault, in queer theory. Specifically, this thesis analyzes the ways in which academic queer theorists, the university system. This research is placed within a poststructuralist and queer theory discussion. Queer studies, in the guise of queer theory, developed in the early 1990s out of the conjunction of feminist theory, sexuality studies, and queer activism. Queer theory, lgbtq literature, and a path to professional development. Applying queer theory about time and place to playwriting. This practice as research contributes a queer place dramaturgy to knowledge about playwriting by creating an intersection of writing queer site specific performance and conventional dramatic theatre practice. Queer theory is a brandnew branch of study or theoretical speculation. My encounter with both a sample of the british and italian trans corpus. Pdf on jan 1, 2016, bernadette calafell and others published queer theory find, read and cite all the research you need on.
Jagose argued in her discussion of this theory that queer was a concept that had politically evolved through the years in relation to the proliferation of gay and lesbian. Close readings of diane obomsawins graphic narrative on loving women and noelle stevensons webcomic nimona serve as examples of the possibilities of reading comics through a queer lens. The antisocial thesis in queer theory volume 121 issue 3. Using queer theory and theory about representation this thesis will research the kind of language that is used, the content of the stories and the context the artifacts are placed in by this strategy. Duffy, clare louise 2012 applying queer theory about time and place to playwriting. This thesis explores representations of lgbt individuals in social media, more. This thesis moves away from the current interpretations, which use queer theory with laura and carmilla and an angloirish context, by looking at characters largely ignored by current scholarship and by engaging politics in countries other than ireland and britain. Through the process of linguistic reclamation, many people in the lgbtq. Preciado, in the framework of queer theory and current feminisms.
Queer theory and foucaults self as reflexive activity. Their work can also be found in etnomuzikoloji dergisi, the journal of the association of ethnomusicology in turkey. The study concludes that a population that engages in queer polyamorous relationships is diverse in regards to demographics. Gender studies and queer theory explore issues of sexuality, power, and marginalized populations woman as other in literature and culture. Background queer theory libguides at university of.
Queer theory is said to be related to bisexual and lesbian roles. She explains her term to signify that there are at least three interrelated projects at play within this theory. Queer theory, foucauldian feminism and the erasure of rape. This thesis sets out to determine if the film interview with the vampire, which preceded the above named films and television shows by more than five years, is a cite of queer cinema that focuses on gay themes while proposing a samesex family. Proceeding from this definition, our seminar investigates the theoretical work of queer people of color, primarily in the u. Halperin writes in the the normalization of queer theory that queer theory.
Drawing on queer theory, this thesis examines the parallels to philosophical and literary romanticist ideals of the later 19th century, and attempts to define how they shape my choreographic process and aesthetic used here. The theoretical framework for this study was queer theory. University of california, irvine neutrality in queer theory. Due to the nature of a thesis project, where time and resources are somewhat limited, this. Queer theory, ethnomusicology, and the disorientation of the. Queer theory is a segment of academic thought that focuses on the constructedness of gendered and sexual identities and categorizations. The queer community is used as a catchall phrase, but who or what the queer community is remains ambiguous. In her discussion of queer theory, author annamarie jagose provides a distinction between the concepts queer and the dichotomous relationship between lesbian and gay. Queer theory also has its roots in several theoretical movements of the 1980s and 1990s. Much of the work in gender studies and queer theory, while influenced by feminist criticism, emerges from poststructural interest in fragmented, decentered knowledge building nietzsche, derrida. Queer theory is an important element of the arguments i set forth in this paper because it has nestled itself within academia comfortably.
This sample does not claim to be representative of all the discourses. In the nineties, the term queer gained new acceptance within poststructuralist postmodemist thought. By no means do i want to imply that queer theory is a. The present work aims to serve as an introduction to the theoretical production of the philosopher paul b. Description, this dissertation is an inquiry into the future of queer theory after the.
Essentially, queer theory provides a means to question and destabilize the norm. Queer theory s origin is hard to clearly define, since it came from multiple critical and cultural contexts, including feminism, poststructuralist theory, radical movements of people of color, the gay and lesbian movements, aids activism, many sexual subcultural practices such as sadomasochism, and postcolonialism. Pdf an analysis of the concept of the theory of feminism. This thesis presents three new interpretations into carmilla scholarship. They received a masters degree from the university of pittsburgh in 2017 with a thesis on popular music and queer modes of listening to place in baku, azerbaijan. Queer theory is interested in exploring the borders of sexual identities.
Baca fulltext img, pdf publication article publication article edit. By moving sideways, the queer child scandalizes current assumptions of the american child. The antisocial thesis in queer theory pmla cambridge core. Queer theory is not only resistant to definition in the usual sense, but also to functional definitions based on what it does. Third, the antisocial thesis and the relation of queer theory to queer politics are discussed with regard to lee edelmans book no future 2008. The antisocial thesis recent work in queer theory under the influence of leo bersanis definition of sex as anticommunitarian, selfshattering and antiidentitarian produces a counterintuitive but crucial shift in thinking away from projects of redemption, reconstruction, restoration and reclamation and. This thesis examines comics use of animal and otherwise nonnormative bodies. An introduction, puts it, it is not simply that queer has yet to solidify and take on a more consistent profile, but rather that its definitional indeterminacy. Supposedly, edelman claims there is a connection with homosexuality and fears of mortality caserio et al. We begin with queer of color theory as a critical response to racism in white queer theory and to heterocentrism in ethnic studies and in communities of color.
It follows the recent shift of focus from queer theorizing of sexuality as a constructed identity, to thinking about what queer use of time and space might be. Queer theory says we should not be defined by our gender, sexual orientation, sexual acts and personal identities, and that we should challenge the societal construct that forces us to. This thesis seeks to explore the fractured usages, meanings, and scopes of the term queer to uncover the power structures that have been created within and around the term. Queer theory is a part of the field of queer studies whose roots can be found in womens studies, feminist theory, and gay and lesbian studies, as well as postmodern and poststructuralist theories. We begin with queer of color theory as a critical response to racism in white queer theory and to heterocentrism in.
Queer resistance is therefore partly enacted through its own refusal to become a stable academic discipline, and most scholars attempt to use queer theory in their own way, but without attempting to pin down its possibilities. Throughout this thesis social construction and queer theory will be used. The thesis argues that queer marxism elaborates an interrelation between economic and cultural. Queer marxist theory is then deployed in an extended literary analysis that focuses on the work. Gay in will grayson, will grayson novel by john green and david. In the nineties, the term queer gained new acceptance within poststructuralist. Quare studies, or almost everything i know about queer. This thesis documents the ways members of an lgbtq student organization. Blurring the gender borders of men and women, queer theory.
Simultaneously marginalized by the nationstate and mainstream cultural. The social constructionist movement in the social sci. An introduction, puts it, it is not simply that queer has yet to solidify and take on a more consistent profile, but. They received a masters degree from the university of pittsburgh in 2017 with a thesis on popular music and queer modes of listening to place in. The game pays attention to certain binaries and seeks to deconstruct them. Queer theory the word queer, originally an insult for marginalised sexualities and other deviants, was in the late 80s reclaimed and invested with new meanings by activists in america. In my thesis i focus on the relation between queer theory and transgender subjectivity. Ruby rich would soon hail as the new queer cinema were busy making their first works. This thesis reports on a study undertaken within theology and development with a.
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