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Straight with a Twist: Queer Theory and the Subject of Heterosexuality
Calvin Thomas
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Description for Straight with a Twist: Queer Theory and the Subject of Heterosexuality
Paperback. Offers a refreshing look at the relation between queer theory and critical examinations of the construction of heterosexuality. Seeking to proliferate the findings and insights of queer theory, this title explores the issue of whether and how queer theory can speak for and include the straight. Editor(s): Thomas, Calvin. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
This engaging collection poses the question, Can straight people think queer? Straight with a Twist offers a refreshing look at the relation between queer theory and critical examinations of the construction of heterosexuality. Seeking to proliferate the findings and insights of queer theory, contributors explore the issue of whether and how queer theory can speak for and include the straight.
In some of the ways that men have learned from feminism to interrogate the construction of masculinity, straights are learning from queer theory to interrogate constructions of straightness, to question their place in those constructions, and to make critical ... Read more
This engaging collection poses the question, Can straight people think queer? Straight with a Twist offers a refreshing look at the relation between queer theory and critical examinations of the construction of heterosexuality. Seeking to proliferate the findings and insights of queer theory, contributors explore the issue of whether and how queer theory can speak for and include the straight.
In some of the ways that men have learned from feminism to interrogate the construction of masculinity, straights are learning from queer theory to interrogate constructions of straightness, to question their place in those constructions, and to make critical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252068133
SKU
V9780252068133
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Ref
99-1
About Calvin Thomas
Calvin Thomas teaches critical theory and cultural studies at Georgia State University. He is the author of Male Matters: Masculinity, Anxiety, and the Male Body on the Line.
Reviews for Straight with a Twist: Queer Theory and the Subject of Heterosexuality
"The editor of this volume wanted to 'proliferate' the 'findings and insights' of queer theory, and this is exactly what the contributors accomplish. They show how the insights of queer theory can be used everywhere from a composition classroom, as Lauren Smith points out; to reading Dorothy Allison's novel Bastard out of Carolina, as May M. Wiles describes; to interpreting ... Read more