Gender and Sexualities: An Inquiry

Chapter 7—Introduction to Queer Theory (Audio) References Foucault, Michel. History of Sexuality, Volume 1, An Introduction. New York: Vintage Books Edition, 1990. Sedgwick E. K. Between Men: English Literature and Homosocial Desire. New York: Columbia University Press, 1985. Ward, Jane. Respectably Queer: Diversity Culture in LGBT Activist Organizations. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2008. Key words and phrases : queer theory, heteronormativity, social construction, nominative and descriptive, queering, homosociality, queer affect, activist politics, coalitional and identitarian political formations, conventions of normal, LGBTQ, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -5 (DSM-5) .