Queer theory can be defined as the ongoing cultural critique of the heteronormative social hierarchy. Queer theory looks at‚ and studies‚ the political critique of cultural behavior that falls into either a normative or deviant category. The word "queer" itself has a primary meaning of "odd‚" or "out of the ordinary" (according to Webster). So by definition queer theory concerns itself with any and all forms of sexuality and sexual identity that are "queer" or deviant to the norm. Theorists also
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Literature Review Queer Theory RuPaul’s Drag Race (RPDR) will be analyzed and interpreted alongside the application of Judith Butler’s queer theory in Gender Trouble (1999) and her essay “Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory.” Butler’s ideology is reflected in RPDR and research has failed to interpret the show as a microcosm of a progressive society that accepts all genderqueer identities while repudiating gender roles. Her theory emphasizes the fluidity
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Trapped: The Dilemma of the African American Homosexual Colin Chastain April 1‚ 2013 Dr. Wayne Brekhus Sociology 3300: Queer Theories Introduction When someone hears the word “gay” or “queer”‚ they most often think of the middle class‚ Caucasian gay male. For my research proposal‚ I plan on studying what is very often overlooked in queer identity: the struggle of queer identity in the African American gay male. I am interested in studying this because I grew up knowing I was gay in a small
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Queer theology Definition Queer is by definition whatever is at odds with the normal‚ the legitimate‚ the dominant. There is nothing in particular to which it necessarily refers. It is an identity without an essence. ’Queer’ then‚ demarcates not a positivity but a positionality vis-à-vis the normative A "pro-feminist gay theology" was proposed by J. M. Clark and G. McNeil in 1992‚ and a "queer theology" by Robert Goss in Jesus acted up: A gay and lesbian manifesto ( Explain two of the main
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In Western society‚ queer is viewed as lesser identity compared to other traditional identities. The white‚ male‚ middle class type dominates queer culture in Western societies. Like the gay community in Western culture‚ Western politics is also constricted by societal ideals about queer as an identity. In the same manner‚ marriage in Western culture is confined by traditional Western ideals that does not include the queer community. Despite classic definitions of identity by means of biological
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Queer advertising ‘Commodity lesbianism’ (Danae Clark‚ 1991) Dual market strategy – packaging gender ambiguity but also erasing gay/ straight differences. Personal/political identities reduced to consumer choices (like ‘commodity feminism’). Lesbians are thus caught between the need to establish an identity and the need to be free of limits on identity Development of queer advertising: 1980s: advertisers recognize value of the ‘pink dollar’ Advertising gradually becomes more direct/
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According to a popular Freudian theory‚ children are sexually attracted to their parent of the opposite sex. Most of the time‚ the child ends up getting into relationships with people that are reminiscent of their parent of the opposite sex. In Hamlet‚ the main character‚ Hamlet‚ seems to be following this Freudian theory. When Hamlet’s mother‚ Gertrude‚ remarries after Hamlet’s father’s death‚ Hamlet is enraged and hates his stepfather. It seems as though Hamlet does not want anyone to love his
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Nancy D. Polikoff looks at the fundamental desire of queer women to have children. With that‚ a queer couple or individual women can have children through various forms such as adoption. According to Polikoff‚ queer women are not immune to a culture of obligatory motherhood. She goes on to state that “we are girls before we were aware lesbians‚ and we were raised by families that expected us to be mothers. We read the same books and saw the same movies as our heterosexual sisters. And today we live
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There should be a warning before purchasing Queer as Folk. Warning: What you are about to watch is extremely explicit or Warning: Naked bodies are guaranteed to be shown ever 3 minutes. Many gay advocates hate the series because they believe its obsession with sex overshadows other aspects of the gay community. Think about it though. Certain heterosexual television shows like Sex and The City are all about sex and sexuality‚ and it is accepted because ultimately the majority of the relationships
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classification of sex and gender based on two distinct groups based on masculinity and femininity. Queer theory is critical of gender binaries because these theorists feel that gender identity and sexual orientation are not definitive. Therefore‚ queer theory explains “that gender and sexual orientations are variable instead of fixed” (Queer Theory: What is Queer Theory?). Additionally‚ Queer theory is critical of heteronormativity. Heteronormativity is the idea that heterosexuality is the norm and
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