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Queer theory is ...
Terminology
Evolution of the term Queer theory; compare queer studies, and related terms.
Definition and scope
What's included in the term Queer theory; what's not.
Sexuality, and gender
Theory, and studies
Essentialism, and social constructionism
Background
Gay liberation
Feminism
Theoretical problems with previous approaches
Identity, essence, social constructionism, gender & sex; use of language; categories as social constructs;
Development
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
Foucault
- The History of Sexuality
Butler
- Gender Trouble
Sedgwick
- Epistemology of the Closet
National reception
Contrast how it was viewed in Anglo-Saxon countries, France, Germany.
Criticisms
Social conservatives (Bawer, Sullivan) etc.
Impact
Important and lasting influences on related fields.