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Queer theory is a field of post-structuralist critical theory [1] [2] [3] that emerged in the early 1990s out of queer studies (formerly often known as gay and lesbian studies) and women's studies. [4]
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (/ ˈ s ɛ dʒ w ɪ k /; May 2, 1950 – April 12, 2009) was an American academic scholar in the fields of gender studies, queer theory, and critical theory. Sedgwick published several books considered groundbreaking in the field of queer theory, [ 1 ] and her critical writings helped create the field of queer studies , in ...
De Lauretis states that "queer theory challenged norms" that enforce inequalities regarding "social identities" such as gender, sexuality, class, and race. [2] Although she coined the term she abandoned it barely three years later, on the grounds that it had been taken over by those mainstream forces and institutions it was coined to resist. [3]
Judith Pamela Butler [1] (born February 24, 1956) is an American feminist philosopher and gender studies scholar whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, and the fields of third-wave feminism, [2] queer theory, [3] and literary theory.
Neuroqueer theory is a framework that intersects the fields of neurodiversity and queer theory. [1] It examines the ways society constructs and defines normalcy, particularly concerning gender, sexual orientation, and dis/ability, and challenges those constructions. [ 2 ]
Robert McRuer (born 1966) is an American theorist who has contributed to fields in transnational queer and disability studies.McRuer is known as being one of the founding scholars involved in forming the field of queer disability studies, particularly for a theoretical outlook known as crip theory.
In The Trouble With Normal, Warner critiques same-sex marriage activism and other moves more generally by the gay rights movement toward equality in normalcy.The book has been described as a classic of the debates on normalcy as a goal for the gay rights movement, and as an important contribution to queer theory. [5]
Gayle S. Rubin (born January 1, 1949) is an American cultural anthropologist, theorist and activist, best known for her pioneering work in feminist theory and queer studies. Her essay "The Traffic in Women" (1975) had a lasting influence in second-wave feminism and early gender studies , by arguing that gender oppression could not be adequately ...