Epistemology of the Closet (Centennial Books)10 reviews Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick University of California Press, 1991 ...Theory should always be so good + The Closet Isn't Where It Ued To Be- + Seminal work in a fledgling field of academic research. According to the writer Avital Ronell, in his youth Kant wanted to be a poet. Fortunately for us, perhaps, he turned to philosophy instead. Through this turn Kant ended up setting the standard towards which most academics currently strive: a zero-degree style (which Lyotard both attempts to mime ...             The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (Theory and History of Literature, Volume 10)15 reviews Jean-Francois Lyotard University of Minnesota Press, 1984 Post-Nuclear Philosophical Fallout + The introduction of Postmodernism in Philosophy + Dazzlingly Prescient + One of the must read works on postmodernism + Challenging and relevant             Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity24 reviews Judith Butler Routledge, 1999 Fascinating Ideas, Infuriating Writing Style + Thick, Yet Important + Critiquing Gender Readers who are willing to tolerate labyrinthine sentences and brain-cramping scholarly vocabulary and who already have a working understanding of Freud, Lacan, Foucault, and deconstruction will find in Butler a challenging, highly stimulating theorist of sex, gender, and sexuality. Readers ...             Feminism Meets Queer Theory (Books from Differences)2 reviews Indiana University Press, 1997 Excellent book! + Excellent Reader The editors of Differences really did a wonderful thing when they released this issue in book form. The main difference between the two works? Page numbering. This has an absolutely excellent collection of essays which clearly shows the feminist roots of queer theory. With essays and interviews ...             Unspeakable ShaXXXspeares, Revised Edition: Queer Theory and American Kiddie Culture32 reviews Richard Burt Palgrave Macmillan, 1999 On the Money + Witty and moving analysis of Shakespeare's fate in media + Pioneering book + Accessible and profound work of cultural criticism + A wonderful find!             Fear of a Queer Planet: Queer Politics and Social Theory (Cultural Politics, Vol 6)3 reviews University of Minnesota Press, 1993 Does the book tell us why and how the fear is planatary? + A seminal work + A seminal work Queer as used in this title means sexual conduct that deviates from established norms. It is not gender limited. The question then is who is afraid and how does that fear involve the planet? Those who fear, evidently, are those burdened with imposing the norms. The first essay in this anthology ...             Straight with a Twist: Queer Theory and the Subject of Heterosexuality1 review University of Illinois Press, 1999 queering straights Like the increased visibility and rush to study 'whiteness' in the wake of critical race theory's interventions, this edited collection proposes to make heterosexuality visible in the wake of queer theory. Applying queer theory to the contruction of heterosexuality in its many forms allows a break ...             Flaming Classics: Queering the Film Canon Alexander Doty Routledge, 2000 In this penetrating and irreverent study, queer theorist Alexander Doty directs a gay gaze at six famous and well-loved films ( The Wizard of Oz , The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari , The Women , Gentlemen Prefer Blondes , Psycho , and The Red Shoes ), averring that "the coding of classic or otherwise 'mainstream' texts and personalities can often yield a wider range of non-straight readings ...             Symptoms of Culture3 reviews Marjorie Garber Routledge, 1998 May or may not be your cup of tea I suspect this book might be hit and miss. I found it to be beyond brilliant: witty, erudite, well-researched, and playful, Garber writes the perfect antidote to scholarly conservatism, traditionalism, and stuffiness. The first essay, "Greatness," is a free-associating tour de force that not only ...             Difference Troubles: Queering Social Theory and Sexual Politics (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies) Steven Seidman Cambridge University Press, 1997 Steven Seidman examines the implications for social theory and sexual politics of taking difference seriously. He explores the troubles difference can make for the social sciences and for the very people--feminists, queer theorists, postmodernists--who champion difference. This is a wide-ranging and sophisticated discussion of contemporary social theory and sexual politics, focusing on ...             The Foucault Reader9 reviews Michel Foucault Pantheon, 1984 Genesis + Contains some key selections... + Goes down easy + All the Foucault you'll ever need....             Genealogy Of Queer Theory (American Subjects)1 review William B. Turner Temple University Press, 2000 A Genealogy of Queer Theory From experts to beginners, Bill Turner provides the key to knowing how queer theory began and evolved. This historian and queer theorist maps the various themes and directions the major writers took while founding his book on the essential thoughts of Michel Foucault. This book helps keep my ...             The Invention of Heterosexuality3 reviews Jonathan Ned Katz Plume, 1996 Rare, Critical Look at "Normal" + Turning the tables + good intro to the social construction of sexuality Jonathan Katz is a scrupulous, witty historian who gets better with every book. In "The Invention of Heterosexuality," Katz takes up one of the most neglected tasks in scholarship on sexuality, which is to look directly at what is considered 'normal', how it got to be considered normal, and how ...             Queer Theory: An Introduction9 reviews Annamarie Jagose NYU Press, 1997 There is Something Queer Going on Here! + Decent Intro to a less-decent theory + Pretty Good Introduction + An excellent, concise introduction..mostly             Making Things Perfectly Queer: Interpreting Mass Culture1 review Alexander Doty University of Minnesota Press, 1993 Teaching us how to queer cultural artifacts... Doty's volume is very popular. Here he analyzes various forms of mass culture, from the Jack Benny radio program to the TV program "Laverne and Shirley" to demonstrate the existence of queer (non-heterosexually coded performance) narratives at the center of all of these cultural productions. For ...             The Foucault Reader9 reviews Michel Foucault Pantheon, 1984 Genesis + Contains some key selections... + Goes down easy + All the Foucault you'll ever need....             Feminism Meets Queer Theory (Books from Differences)2 reviews Indiana University Press, 1997 Excellent book! + Excellent Reader The editors of Differences really did a wonderful thing when they released this issue in book form. The main difference between the two works? Page numbering. This has an absolutely excellent collection of essays which clearly shows the feminist roots of queer theory. With essays and interviews ...             The Invention of Heterosexuality3 reviews Jonathan Ned Katz Plume, 1996 Rare, Critical Look at "Normal" + Turning the tables + good intro to the social construction of sexuality Jonathan Katz is a scrupulous, witty historian who gets better with every book. In "The Invention of Heterosexuality," Katz takes up one of the most neglected tasks in scholarship on sexuality, which is to look directly at what is considered 'normal', how it got to be considered normal, and how ...             Unspeakable ShaXXXspeares, Revised Edition: Queer Theory and American Kiddie Culture32 reviews Richard Burt Palgrave Macmillan, 1999 On the Money + Witty and moving analysis of Shakespeare's fate in media + Pioneering book + Accessible and profound work of cultural criticism + A wonderful find!             Genealogy Of Queer Theory (American Subjects)1 review William B. Turner Temple University Press, 2000 A Genealogy of Queer Theory From experts to beginners, Bill Turner provides the key to knowing how queer theory began and evolved. This historian and queer theorist maps the various themes and directions the major writers took while founding his book on the essential thoughts of Michel Foucault. This book helps keep my ...