Queer Theories

This essential introductory guide explores and aggressively expands the provocative new field of sexual identity studies. It explains the history of sexual identity categories, such as 'gay' and 'lesbian', covers the reclamation of 'queer' as a term of ra

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transitions General Editor: Julian Wolfreys Published titles BATAILLE Fred Botting and Scott Wilson NEW HISTORICISM AND CULTURAL MATERIALISM John Brannigan POSTMODERN NARRATIVE THEORY Mark Currie FORMALIST CRITICISM AND READER-RESPONSE THEORY Todd F. Davis and Kenneth Womack QUEER THEORIES Donald E. Hall MARXIST LITERARY AND CULTURAL THEORY Moyra Haslett ALTHUSSER Warren Montag JACQUES LACAN Jean-Michel Rabaté LITERARY FEMINISMS Ruth Robbins DECONSTRUCTION•DERRIDA Julian Wolfreys ORWELL TO THE PRESENT: LITERATURE IN ENGLAND, 1945–2000 John Brannigan CHAUCER TO SHAKESPEARE, 1337–1580 SunHee Kim Gertz BURKE TO BYRON, BARBAULD TO BAILLIE, 1790–1830 Jane Stabler MILTON TO POPE, 1650–1720 Kay Gilliland Stevenson SIDNEY TO MILTON, 1580–1660 Marion Wynne-Davies Forthcoming titles TERRY EAGLETON David Alderson JULIA KRISTEVA AND LITERARY THEORY Megan Becker-Leckrone NATIONAL IDENTITY John Brannigan HÉLÈNE CIXOUS: WRITING AND SEXUAL DIFFERENCE Abigail Bray HOMI BHABHA Eleanor Byrne GENDER Claire Colebrook IDEOLOGY James Decker POSTMODERNISM•POSTMODERNITY Martin McQuillan ROLAND BARTHES Martin McQuillan RACE Brian G. Niro MODERNITY David Punter PSYCHOANALYSIS AND LITERATURE Nicholas Rand SUBJECTIVITY Ruth Robbins POSTCOLONIAL THEORY Malini Johan Schueller TRANSGRESSION JuIian Wolfreys IMAGE TO APOCALYPSE, 1910–1945 Jane Goldman POPE TO BURNEY, 1714–1779 Moyra Haslett PATER TO FORSTER, 1873–1924 Ruth Robbins DICKENS TO HARDY, 1837–1884 Julian Wolfreys

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Queer Theories Donald E. Hall

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ISBN 978-0-333-77539-4 hardback ISBN 978-0-333-77540-0 ISBN 978-1-4039-1356-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4039-1356-2 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Libr