Queer studies :
Material type: TextSeries: Publication details: Hyderabad Orient blackswan 2019Description: 191 pISBN: 9789352875849; 9352875842Subject(s): Queer theory | Sexual minority community | Minorities in literature | Popular culture | Minorities in literature | Popular culture | Queer theory | Sexual minority communityDDC classification: 306.76 Summary: This book draws on historiography, cultural theory and empirical research to explore contemporary concerns around issues of queer representation, sexual citizenship and activism. Using a variety of case studies, texts and ethnographic research, it explores these conceptual issues within a global and local context, and demonstrates the disruptive mechanisms of reading/seeing queerly. It focuses on the importance of locating the understanding of queer lives within geopolitics, academic institutions and cultural policies. Stressing on academic activism that is grounded in scholarship, the book attempts to generate critical debate and reflection in the field of Queer Studies.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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BK | Kannur University Central Library Stack | 306.76 KAU/Q (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 50765 |
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306.760 954 RAM/U Urbanization and urban systems in India | 306.76 GEN Genderqueer and non-binary genders | 306.76 GUN/C Cultural politics of female sexuality in South Africa | 306.76 KAU/Q Queer studies : | 306.762 REV/T The truth about me : | 306.765 BIS Bisexuality : a critical reader | 306.766 BUR/N New York times on gay and lesbian issues |
This book draws on historiography, cultural theory and empirical research to explore contemporary concerns around issues of queer representation, sexual citizenship and activism. Using a variety of case studies, texts and ethnographic research, it explores these conceptual issues within a global and local context, and demonstrates the disruptive mechanisms of reading/seeing queerly. It focuses on the importance of locating the understanding of queer lives within geopolitics, academic institutions and cultural policies. Stressing on academic activism that is grounded in scholarship, the book attempts to generate critical debate and reflection in the field of Queer Studies.
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