Queer Theories
Queer Theories explores and aggressively expands the provocative new field of sexual identity studies. It covers the history of the terms "gay" and "lesbian" as identity categories, the reclamation of the word "queer" as a term of radical self-identification, and the recent challenges to sexual identity studies posed by transgender and bisexual theories. Donald E. Hall also offers concrete applications of the abstract theories that he explores with imaginative new readings of works such as...
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Queer Theories explores and aggressively expands the provocative new field of sexual identity studies. It covers the history of the terms "gay" and "lesbian" as identity categories, the reclamation of the word "queer" as a term of radical self-identification, and the recent challenges to sexual identity studies posed by transgender and bisexual theories. Donald E. Hall also offers concrete applications of the abstract theories that he explores with imaginative new readings of works such as "The Yellow Wallpaper," Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Orlando, and The Color Purple.
General Editor's PrefaceIntroduction: What "Queer Theories" Can do for You1Pt. IThe Social Construction of Queer Theories191A Brief, Slanted History of "Homosexual" Activity212Who and What is "Queer"?513Queering Class, Race, and Gender, and Sexual Orientation86Pt. IIQueer Readings1134The Queerness of "The Yellow Wall-Paper"1155Queering the Self: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1306Reading for Excess: The Queer Texts of Orlando, Giovanni's Room, and The Color Purple148Pt. IIIPost Queer?173Afterword: W(h)ither Identity?175Annotated Bibliography191Bibliography201Index210
\ From the Publisher\ "...a succinct, pedagogically designed, introduction...this book should generate lively class discussions and projects..."--D.N. Mager, Choice\ "Queer Theories is an exceptionally readable and usable survey of the major developments in queer theory over the last two decades. Hall is witty and engaging as he takes us on a whirlwind tour of the major sites of contention and debate in the histories of sexuality, embodiment, desire and sexual subjectivities...Hall has been extremely successful in offering cogent and smart readings of key texts without underestimating the ambition and sophistication of his readers. This book will appeal greatly to professors teaching queer theory to undergraduates and it should also find an enthusiastic body ofreaders outside of academia." -- Judith Halberstam, University of California, San Diego\ \ \ \
