A Critical Introduction to Queer Theory
A Critical Introduction to Queer Theory explores the ways in which 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. Sullivan goes on to provide a detailed overview of the complex ways in which queer theory has been employed, covering a diversity of...
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A Critical Introduction to Queer Theory explores the ways in which 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. Sullivan goes on to provide a detailed overview of the complex ways in which queer theory has been employed, covering a diversity of key topics including: race, sadomasochism, straight sex, fetishism, community, popular culture, transgender, and performativity. Each chapter focuses on a distinct issue or topic, provides a critical analysis of the specific ways in which it has been responded to by critics (including Freud, Foucault, Derrida, Judith Butler, Jean-Luc Nancy, Adrienne Rich and Laura Mulvey), introduces key terms, and uses contemporary cinematic texts as examples.
Prefacev1The Social Construction of Same-Sex Desire: Sin, Crime, Sickness12Assimilation or Liberation, Sexuality or Gender?223Queer: A Question of Being or A Question of Doing?374Queer Race575Performance, Performativity, Parody, and Politics816Transsexual Empires and Transgender Warriors997Queering 'Straight' Sex1198Community and its Discontents1369Sadomasochism as Resistance?15110Fetishism(s) and the Politics of Perversion16811Queering Popular Culture189Bibliography207Index225
\ From the Publisher"Provides comprehensive coverage of the relevant issues within Queer Theory and incorporates provocative and highly contentious debates around sadomasochism, fetishism, and transgenderism."\ -Linnell Secomb,University of Sydney\ "This book is a succinct, pedagogically designed introduction. As classroom text, Sullivan's work is heady with vibrant debate and slim heuristics; her intellectual clarity is stunning."\ -Choice,\ \ \
