Queer Theory  (tagged articles)

Reconstructing Ruin as Future: Rethinking the Spatiotemporality of Race and Gender in Glissant and Spillers' Middle Passage

Yiyang Chen - Intersecting Edouard Glissant’s poetics with Hortense Spillers’ theory of race, gender, and sexuality alchemizes a new conception of the Middle Passage’s spatiotemporality. With the slave trade haunting the living, this paper attempts to orient a... Keep Reading »

Sex and Sexual Violence in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Rachel Chung - Anyone in pursuit of knowledge is bound to encounter sex somewhere along the way. In the early 19th century, a period during which sex was unspeakable, fiction writers developed a distinct penchant for the unknown.[2] Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a standard... Keep Reading »
Photo: Tianna Mignogna

Harry Potter is Gay: An Investigation of Queer Fan Culture

Tianna K. Mignogna - Not long after J.K. Rowling published the first Harry Potter book on June 26, 1997, The Boy Who Lived exploded into an international phenomenon. Teachers read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone to wide-eyed students and parents read it aloud to put their children... Keep Reading »

Homonationalism and the Death of the Radical Queer

Haley D. O'Shaughnessy - When one analyzes recent LGBTQ advocacy, with its rhetoric of liberal normativity and visibility, the gay rights movement has chosen inclusion over revolution. Through the intersectionality of dominant forms, namely whiteness, patriarchy, and affluent consumerism,... Keep Reading »

A Modern Portrayal of Lesbian Motherhood in The L Word

Katherine J. Wolfenden - Showtime's television show The L Word (2004-2009) follows a fictional group of lesbian, bisexual and transgender women living in Los Angeles, including Bette Porter (Jennifer Beals) and Tina Kennard (Laurel Holloman), who decide to have a baby together after dating... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Queer Theory is tagged in the following 7 articles.

Comparative Literature
2021, Vol. 13 No. 03
Reconstructing Ruin as Future: Rethinking the Spatiotemporality of Race and Gender in Glissant and Spillers' Middle Passage
By Yiyang Chen
Intersecting Edouard Glissant’s poetics with Hortense Spillers’ theory of race, gender, and sexuality alchemizes a new conception of the Middle Passage’s spatiotemporality. With the slave trade haunting the living, this paper attempts... Read Article »
Comparative Literature Comparative Philosophy Queer Theory Black Feminism Postcolonial Literature Poetry Feminist Theory Middle Passage Slave Trade
English Literature
2017, Vol. 9 No. 03
Sex and Sexual Violence in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
By Rachel Chung
Anyone in pursuit of knowledge is bound to encounter sex somewhere along the way. In the early 19th century, a period during which sex was unspeakable, fiction writers developed a distinct penchant for the unknown.[2] Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein... Read Article »
Frankenstein Mary Shelley Sex Homosexuality Sexual Violence English Literature Fan Fiction Queer Theory
Fan Culture
2017, Vol. 9 No. 03
Harry Potter is Gay: An Investigation of Queer Fan Culture
By Tianna K. Mignogna
Not long after J.K. Rowling published the first Harry Potter book on June 26, 1997, The Boy Who Lived exploded into an international phenomenon. Teachers read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone to wide-eyed students and parents read it... Read Article »
Fan Fiction Fan Culture Harry Potter Queer Theory Queer Studies LGBT Community
Homosexuality
2015, Vol. 7 No. 03
Homonationalism and the Death of the Radical Queer
By Haley D. O'Shaughnessy
When one analyzes recent LGBTQ advocacy, with its rhetoric of liberal normativity and visibility, the gay rights movement has chosen inclusion over revolution. Through the intersectionality of dominant forms, namely whiteness, patriarchy, and affluent... Read Article »
Homosexuality Homonationalism Queer Theory Revolution Sexuality
Gender Studies
2013, Vol. 5 No. 03
A Modern Portrayal of Lesbian Motherhood in The L Word
By Katherine J. Wolfenden
Showtime's television show The L Word (2004-2009) follows a fictional group of lesbian, bisexual and transgender women living in Los Angeles, including Bette Porter (Jennifer Beals) and Tina Kennard (Laurel Holloman), who decide to have a baby together... Read Article »
Motherhood Gender Television The L Word Family Queer Theory Marriage
Television
2013, Vol. 5 No. 02
Challenging Stereotypes in Glee, or Not? Exploring Masculinity and Neoliberal Flexibility
By Katherine J. Wolfenden
The popular television show Glee (2009-current) features a fictional glee club, the New Directions, which – in the words of the choir director character – is made up of students from “just about every race, religion, sexual orientation... Read Article »
Sexuality Gender Masculinity Glee Television Queer Theory Neoliberalism
Homosexuality
2009, Vol. 1 No. 11
From Comrades to Lovers: "The Hollow Men" and the Broken Homosocial Spectrum
By Rebecca A. Demarest
In Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire, Eve Sedgwick proposes the idea that not only women, but also men, can travel along a social spectrum that ranges from friends to lovers. However, she argues that the male homosocial... Read Article »
TS Eliot The Hollow Men Literary Theory Queer Theory Homosexuality Homosocial Spectrum

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