The Ashgate Research Companion to Queer Theory

Importantly, it is heavy enough to throw at those still claiming Queer Theory has not progressed since Butler.' Culture, Health & Sexuality 'The cross-cultural and interdisciplinary dialogue creates a mosaic of voices from a wide range of disciplines that do not necessarily speak directly to one another, nor are predicated on the same theoretical slopes Giffney does not simply acknowledge but enthusiastically embraces the contradictions and inaccuracies in the multiple approaches that fall under the rubric of queer theory, celebrating its slipperiness and resistance to definition while noting that it has somehow acquired a past and an institutionalised present The volume contains fascinating chapters where the authors used queer concepts to interrogate the dominant cultural discourses within fi

These contributors are especially attendant to the many theoretical discourses intersecting with queer theory - feminist theory, LGBT studies, postcolonial theory, psychoanalysis, disability studies, Marxism, poststructuralism, critical race studies and posthumanism to name a few. This Companion provides an up to the minute snapshot of queer scholarship from the past two decades, identifies many current directions queer theorizing is taking, while also signposts several fruitful avenues for future research. This interdisciplinary volume of thirty original essays engages with four key concerns of queer theoretical work - identity, discourse, normativity and relationality

Her research focuses on queer theory, feminist theory, psychoanalysis, posthumanism and cultural studies. She is undertaking clinical training in psychoanalysis at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Michael O’Rourke is the series editor of Queer Interventions at Ashgate Publishing. . Noreen Giffney is the series editor of Queer Interventions at Ashgate Publishing. His research concentrates on the intersections between queer theory and Continental philosophy, espec