Queer theory Essays

Queer theory focuses mainly on the treatment of the LBGT community and the prejudices they endured as a result of what was considered normal, or socially acceptable behavior. Similarly, Marxism focuses on the economic aspects of society and the separation between social classes with low economic standing versus those with high economic standing. The division between the two classes has become accepted as a natural aspect of society and like queer theory, society has "taken for granted" heterosexuality

According to Barry Brummett (2014), Queer Theory is based heavily on feminism and the studies on gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. One of the most prominent figures of this theory is Judith Butler. In her book Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity(1999), she challenges society’s concept of gender identity and feminism, an activist drive for social equality for women. She brings up a social concept she calls “binary categories” which basically states that when every child

ways in which queer studies as an academic discipline has failed to acknowledge the role of non-white individuals in the creation of queer theory. She discusses the history of the LGBT+ rights movement and the ways in which academics and activists have communicated and interacted between cultures, specifically examining the differences between the movement in the United States and in the UK. In this article, Escudero-Alías attempts to highlight the bias against intersectional queer identities and

often question the concept of queer theory and ask themselves, “Did the author/poet purposely add these homoerotic quotes or did it just happen?” In a close reading of some Anglo-Saxon readings, there is plenty of evidence to support the case of there being queer theory works implemented and how it relates to the overall plot of the story. The poem of Beowulf contains a lot of hidden imagery, symbolism, and other underlying messages throughout and the hidden theme or theory that is most prevalent throughout

Queer theory is not simply the study of non-heterosexual modes of being, rather, this theory explores the issues of sexuality, power and marginalized that exist in the cultural and social sphere. The act of theorizing challenges the idea that sexually or sex acts are an essential, unchanging aspect of identity or that they are “normal” moral or immoral. Queer theorizing allows for a different aspect that effeminate men do not have to be defined as homosexual, while just as masculine women are not

LeVay, Simon. 1996. Queer Science: The Use and Abuse of Research intoHomosexuality. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. Simon LeVay, a neuroanatomist, gives the readers historical overview of the Sexual Revolution which started in Germany in 1800's. He also discusses the approaches that have been used in studying gender orientation and lastly the social issues concerning the gender orientation researches. Griffin, Em. 2012. A first look at Communication Theory. New York: McGraw- Hill Companies.

The term Gothic fiction and the Queer Theory refers to a style of writing that is characterized by elements of fear, horror, death, and gloom, as well as Romantic elements such as nature, individuality, and very high emotion. Mary Shelley the author of Frankenstein uses a highly intelligent young man, Victor Frankenstein who gets trapped into the world to chemistry, anatomy, and natural science after many tragic events in his life shadows himself from society. Mary Shelley also uses the character

vulnerability of queer characters. My study will investigate how the queer characters in the different stories are negatively impacted by the norms of a heteronormative society as a result of their non-conformity. Furthermore, queer theory will be used to analyze the result, which criticizes society's gender and sexuality norms. As such, the meaning of this paper is to provide a deeper understanding of the impact of societal norms on queer individuals' lives and how it relates to theory. Research question

Intersectionality has been considered an essential aspect of feminist and queer theory, particularly within the last twenty years. Theorist began to recognize that without considering other avenues of oppression their ideas would only go so far and apply to a limited number of people. While recognition and application are innately different, both queer and feminist works have made real attempts to be more inclusive. Yet in many of the attempts made, there is a faltering in what it means to truly

Queer theory challenges students and scholars alike to consider the overarching power structures and institutionalized hierarchies that permeate society, culture, and politics. Careful attention to issues such as biopolitics, Homonationalism, and hate crime/civil rights, remain essential to feminist thought. Queer approaches to such issues provide the tools with which to push back and intervene, however, the practice seems imperfect because there are contradictions within queer approaches to these

Magale Hernandez SOCY 105B—Kristin Miller Paper #3 Foucault & Butler on the ‘Gay Gene’ This paper aims to explain how Michel Foucault and Judith Butler would respond to Simon Copland’s critique of the “Born this way” argument used by queer persons to justify their sexual identity. Rather than supporting its creation or reproduction, Foucault supports the termination of identity. He sees identity as a form of suppression and a way of exercising power over people and preventing them from moving outside

James McDonald’s (2015) article “Organizational Communication Meets Queer Theory: Theorizing Relations of ‘Difference’ Differently” examined the benefits from the application of queer theory, especially in queer difference research. McDonald (2015) explored the roots of queer theory, the various criticisms these theories faced in the academic landscape, and how these theories paved the way for queer theory. Queer theory repackaged the concept of queerness from its previous negative connotations into

The term “queer” in queer theory has some connection with the idea of that of homosexuality. The term queer is basically used as a slang for the term homosexual and other groups which are not considered by our so called cultural and sophisticated society as normal. This term is basically used as an umbrella term for the coalition of sexual identities which are considered to be marginalised in our educated and cultural society

Do you believe that being responsible is essential to daily life? In The Hunger Games do you think that the tributes that have won had to survive by responsibility? In the novel, the main characters, “Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark” are entered into the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a reality TV show that forces teenagers ages twelve to eighteen to fight for their lives against one another. In The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins the overarching theme is being responsible is vital to survive

The presence of queer perspectives have been alive in the world at large for a long time, yet only now in modern days have queer voices really been able to speak out and be heard. The sacred world has the capacity to be redefined and transformed in many different ways through queer narratives and experiences. These perspectives question the traditional conceptions of gender and sexuality and offer a fresh new viewpoint on the divine and the spiritual unlike any other. In this essay, themes such as

In Butlers “Critically Queer” piece, she examines how the term “queer” changes from a form of degradation and shame to signifying a new set of meanings. She talks about what this change in meaning implicates for the future of queer politics. She opens her discussion with queer trouble in which, the term "queer" is connected to pathology, and the “queer” term historically was presented in an injurious way such as an insult. This notion is a slogan whose powerful effects have to do with signifying

This research will be guided by both queer theory and media theory, such as reception theory. The media can play a positive role in informing people, in Ireland the media played a significant role in recent times in representing non-normative identities. When analysing media content it is important to be objective and examine all points of view, this is necessary “in order to tease out the social contradictions and contestations embedded” (Saukko, P., 2003, 104). Another point made in the book

Both Feminist Theory and Queer Theory are critical analyses to better understanding the formation of the social Self and sociopolitical Subject. How the individual and/or their community profiles are constructed through understandings of Gender and Sexuality reveals a richly woven tapestry of interpersonally and institutionally-constitutive relations. Because these associations are relational (and often dichotomous), interactive, and emerge from intersections of oppressive social indexes such as

Introduction This paper focuses on the role and rights of women in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House (1879). It will focus on the position of women under the control of the invisible and visible hands and the pressures of patriarchal system in Norwegian society. To show the condition of women in society, the paper will critically assess on several issues such as economic dependence of women, Nora’s living in illusion and her concept of miracle, women’s living in fool’s paradise and their firm belief

Part I: We “Other Victorians” In the first part of the book, Foucault discusses the “repressive hypothesis”, which is the belief that sexuality and the open discussion about it was socially represent during the late 17th, 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, because of the rise of capitalism and the bourgeois society. What Foucault argues, is that it was never truly repressed, and asks himself why modern western scholars believe it was repressed. One idea was that in rejecting past ideas, future