The Gay '90s by Thomas Foster

The Gay '90s by Thomas Foster

Queer theory arose as a challenge to the stability of sexual categories. But is queer theory in the 1990s in danger of becoming just another category of theoretical inquiry and just another academic discipline? As queer studies is being legitimated within American universities, what dangers and opportunities arise from the process of legitimation? The essays in The Gay '90s address these questions in two distinct ways. The first section of the book, "Disciplinary Reflections," reflects upon the process of disciplinary formation as it affects lesbian and gay studies in the academy, contrasting older academic disciplines with newer, identity-based areas of study. The second section, "Interdisciplinary Readings," demonstrates the extent to which contemporary queer studies involves practices of interdisciplinary reading and analysis. Contributors include Dennis Allen, John Champagne, Myriam J. A. Chancy, Gabrielle N. Dean, Leigh Gilmore, Calvin Thomas, Elayne Tobin, Robyn Wiegman, and Thomas Yingling.

"A welcome addition to the burgeoning field of Queer Studies" * Journal of Homosexuality *

Thomas Foster is Professor of English at the University of Washington. Carol Siegel is Associate Professor of English at Washington State University, Vancouver and author of Lawrence Among the Women: Wavering Boundaries in Women's Literary Traditions and Male Masochism: Modern Revisions of the Story of Love. Ellen E. Berry is Associate Professor of English and Director of the Women's Studies program at Bowling Green State University.

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ISBN 13	9780814726730
ISBN 10	0814726739
Title	The Gay '90s
Author	Thomas Foster
Series	Genders
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	New York University Press
Year published	1997-07-01
Number of pages	264
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