Queer Theories

by Donald E. Hall

• ISBN13: 9781403913562
• ISBN10: 1403913560
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2017-03-07
• Publisher: Macmillan International Higher Education

Summary

"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,"

Author Biography

Donald E. Hall is Professor of English at California State University, Northridge

Table of Contents

General Editor's Preface	p. ix
Introduction: What "Queer Theories" Can do for You	p. 1
A Query	p. 17
The Social Construction of Queer Theories	p. 19
A Brief, Slanted History of "Homosexual" Activity	p. 21
A Query	p. 48
Who and What is "Queer"?	p. 51
A Query	p. 82
Queering Class, Race, and Gender, and Sexual Orientation	p. 86
A Query	p. 109
Queer Readings	p. 113
The Queerness of "The Yellow Wall-Paper"	p. 115
A Query	p. 127
Queering the Self: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	p. 130
A Query	p. 145
Reading for Excess: The Queer Texts of Orlando, Giovanni's Room, and The Color Purple	p. 148
A Query	p. 169
Post Queer?	p. 173
Afterword: W(h)ither Identity?	p. 175
A Final Query	p. 188
Annotated Bibliography	p. 191
Bibliography	p. 201
Index	p. 210
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