Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com
Image from Google Jackets

Queer theories

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London Palgrave Macmillan 2017Description: x,214p. PB 21x13.5cmISBN:
  • 9781137612083
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 305.9066407 HALQ
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.
List(s) this item appears in: PG New Arrivals - January 2023
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Book Book St Aloysius PG Library MA English 305.9066407 HALQ (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PG024113
Total holds: 0

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.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.