What does queer mean?
Queer theory = anti-essentialist
An ongoing series of political and theoretical debate.
‘The History of Sexuality’ by Michael Foucault placed homosexuality in 19th century discourse.
In it, he critics the popular notion of sex and desire at the time such as of ‘The Other Victorians’.
Privacy is often socially constructed and comes with a privilege.
Gender and sexuality as a social tool for control.
‘Between Men’ by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick coined the term homosocial and called out male paranoia of homosexual desire often seen in media. i.e. Frankenstein
‘A taste for brown bodies’ by Hiram Perez puts Sedgwick’s euro-centric viewpoint under anti-colonial lens.
What about lesbians?
Since lesbians are way more invisible within the society and the law, it’s harder for history to latch on.
Queer theory revises and re-understands popular culture.
Queer people analyse culture in order to survive.
Failure not as death but as becoming.
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