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Queer theory is ...
Terminology
[edit]Evolution of the term Queer theory; compare queer studies, and related terms.
Definition and scope
[edit]What's included in the term Queer theory; what's not.
Sexuality, and gender
[edit]Theory, and studies
[edit]Essentialism, and social constructionism
[edit]Background
[edit]Gay liberation
[edit]Feminism
[edit]Theoretical problems with previous approaches
[edit]Identity, essence, social constructionism, gender & sex; use of language; categories as social constructs;
Development
[edit]New synthesis in the 1990s. This is the section that actually describes in detail what it is; the first paragraph of the lead should be a summary of this section. (Maybe needs a better name.)
Foundational texts and major figures
[edit]Foucault
[edit]- The History of Sexuality
Butler
[edit]- Gender Trouble
Sedgwick
[edit]- Epistemology of the Closet
National reception
[edit]Contrast how it was viewed in Anglo-Saxon countries, France, Germany.
Criticisms
[edit]Social conservatives (Bawer, Sullivan) etc.
Impact
[edit]Important and lasting influences on related fields.