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Talk is crucial to the way our identities are constructed, altered, and defended. Feminist scholars in particular have only begun to investigate how deeply language reflects and shapes who we think we are. This volume of previously unpublished essays, the first in the new series Studies in Language and Gender, advances that effort by bringing together leading feminist scholars in the area of language and gender, including Deborah Tannen, Jennifer Coates, and Marcyliena Morgan, as well as rising younger scholars. Topics explored include African-American drag queens, gender and class on the shopping channel, and talk in the workplace.

This article outlines how the concepts of queer and queer theory have been applied to qualitative studies. The multiple definitions of queer are examined, to foster an understanding of the positions from which theorists have utilized the concept to examine a number of disciplines. The advancement of the tenets of queer theory is outlined chronologically, to display the evolution of the theory through intradisciplinary applications. The body of qualitative works utilizing queer theory is categorized (language, literature, and arts; history; life histories / life stories; and queer theory as praxis) and juxtaposed. In addition, efforts to define and enact a "queer pedagogy" are analyzed. Suggestions for further application of queer theory in education, ethnography, and qualitative studies conclude the article.

Survol historique de la communauté gaie-lesbienne de Montréal. D'après l'auteur, ce premier volume sera suivi d'une publication ultérieure où son enquête sera présentée de façon plus globale.

L'identité ne se limite pas à s'identifier à sa culture ou à s'y opposer fermement. José Esteban Muñoz examine comment ceux qui sont en dehors du courant dominant racial et sexuel négocient la culture majoritaire - non pas en s'alignant avec ou contre les œuvres d'exclusion, mais plutôt en transformant ces œuvres à leurs propres fins culturelles. Muñoz appelle ce processus « désidentification » et, à travers une étude de son fonctionnement, il développe une nouvelle perspective sur la performance, la survie et l'activisme des minorités.

Since the beginnings of time, people have been interested in sex - the form it takes, the pleasure it can give, the circumstances in which it occurs, and what it means - both for the individuals concerned and to society more generally. Often seen as a synonym for love, sometimes as an expression of power, and infrequently as a means of exploitation and abuse, sex is a complex and multi-faceted aspect of human behaviour that has been written about by numerous writers and theorists worldwide. This book offers an introduction to the central debates in sexuality research. Among the issues examined are the social and cultural dimensions of sex, human sexuality and sex research. It will be of use to students of sociology, cultural studies, and health and behavioural studies.

A series of contemporary theories that have been used to explain homophobia are assessed. Structural, feminist, comparative, gender panic, queer, and socio-historical theories rely on the premises of a diverse set of scholarly disciplines, and in turn, generate their own objects of analysis, whether `homophobia', `heterosexism', or `heteronormativity'. While the current flourishing of gay and lesbian studies has generated important insights into the workings of homophobia, analyses have also tended to be limited and fragmentary. This paper suggests a study of homophobic projects that combines theoretical tools able to recognize experience, discourse, structure, and history.

Looking Queer: Body Image in Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender Communities contains research, firsthand accounts, poetry, theory, and journalistic essays that address and outline the special needs of sexual minorities when dealing with eating disorders and appearance obsession. Looking Queer will give members of these communities hope, insight, and information into body image issues, helping you to accept and to love your body. In addition, scholars, health care professionals, and body image activists will not only learn about queer experiences and identity and how they affect individuals, but will also understand how some of the issues involved affect society as a whole. Dismantling the myth that body image issues affect only heterosexual women, Looking Queer explores body issues based on gender, race, class, age, and disability. Furthermore, this groundbreaking book attests to the struggles, pain, and triumph of queer people in an open and comprehensive manner. More than 60 contributors provide their knowledge and personal experiences in dealing with body image issues exclusive to the gay and transgender communities, including: exploring and breaking down the categories of gender and sexuality that are found in many body image issues finding ways to heal yourself and your community discovering what it means to “look like a dyke” or to “look gay” fearing fat as a sign of femininity determining what race has to do with the gay ideal discussing the stereotyped ”double negative”--being a fat lesbian learning strategies of resistance to societal ideals critiquing ”the culture of desire” within gay men’s communities that emphasizes looks above everything else Revealing new and complex dimensions to body image issues, Looking Queer not only discusses the struggles and hardships of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons, but looks at the processes that can lead to acceptance of oneself. Written by both men and women, the topics and research in Looking Queer offer insight into the lives of people you can relate to, enabling you to learn from their experiences so you, too, can find joy and happiness in accepting your body.

A travers l'étude notamment de la "queer theory" de M. Foucault et de la psychanalyse, de la politique du sadomasochisme et de l'image du hors-la-loi gay chez Proust, Gide et Genet, l'auteur propose une réflexion critique sur l'identité homosexuelle et les dangers du repli communautaire. C'est aussi une introduction aux débats autour des "gays studies" qui, après les USA, se développent en Europe

Regroupant recherches et analyses, témoignages et récits personnels, ce livre rend compte de la discrimination vécue par les lesbiennes. Malgré que le Québec ait adopté une Charte des droits de la personne qui interdit toute discrimination basée sur l'orientation sexuelle, il faut reconnaître que l'adoption de ce principe d'équité n'a pas fait disparaître toute trace d'hétérosexisme dans la société. Les lesbiennes ne bénéficient pas encore d'une égalité juridique formelle, encore moins réelle.

Par son refus radical de tout système de catégories identitaires de même que de toute stratégie politique, théorique ou épistémologique qui se réclame d’un tel positionnement, le courant queer remet en question la base identitaire du mouvement des lesbiennes qui s’est constitué depuis plus d’une vingtaine d’années et déstabilise les perspectives féministes qui ont prévalu jusqu’à récemment dans la théorisation du lesbianisme. Dans cette communication, j’aimerais discuter, en tant que sociologue et féministe, certains enjeux soulevés par la pensée queer quant à la (dé)construction du sujet lesbien. En effet, une fois admis le caractère multiple et fragmenté des subjectivités individuelles, quels outils ce courant fournit-il pour penser la diversité parmi les lesbiennes et explorer concrètement les intersections entre sexualité, genre, ethnie et classe ? Alors que le lesbianisme féministe a défini le sujet lesbien comme une identité de genre et comme lieu d’une résistance politique à la domination patriarcale, l’approche dite queer ne risque-t-elle pas d’occulter de nouveau les rapports de sexe en assimilant les unes aux autres les multiples formes de transgressions sexuelles, y inclus le lesbianisme ?

Histoire bien documentée et inédite des communautés homosexuelles de Montréal. Longtemps victimes de brimades et de préjugés, les gais et lesbiennes sont finalement "sorti.e.s de l'ombre" et ont gagné de belles victoires durant les dernières décennies.

A travers le témoignage de 29 personnes dont 7 enfants et adolescents, une incursion dans le paysage des familles "homoparentales". Bousculant le cadre traditionnel de la famille, ces structures posent, par leur démarche même, des questions sur des sujets aussi essentiels que la filiation, l'adoption, la procréation médicalement assistée, allant bien au-delà de l'homosexualité.

Dans cet ouvrage essentiel de la théorie queer, Jack Halberstam s’attaque au statut protégé de la masculinité masculine et montre que la masculinité féminine lui offre une alternative distincte depuis plus de deux siècles. Démontrant que la masculinité féminine n’est pas une mauvaise imitation de la virilité, mais une mise en scène vivante et dramatique de genres hybrides et minoritaires, Halberstam catalogue la diversité des expressions de genre chez les femmes masculines, depuis les pratiques pré-lesbiennes du XIXe siècle jusqu’aux performances contemporaines des drag kings.

An examination of the social and cultural significance of body art by a major new voice. The past few years have seen an explosion of interest in body art, in which the artist's body is integral to the work of art. With the revoking of NEA funding for such artists as Karen Finley, Tim Miller, and others, public awareness and media coverage of body-oriented performances have increased. Yet the roots of body art extend to the 1960s and before. In this definitive book, Amelia Jones explores body art projects from the 1960s and 1970s and relates their impact to the work of body artists active today, providing a new conceptual framework for defining postmodernism in the visual arts. Jones begins with a discussion of the shifting intellectual terrain of the 1950s and 1960s, focusing on the work of Ana Mendieta. Moving to an examination of the reception of Jackson Pollock's "performative" acts of painting, she argues that Pollock is a pivotal figure between modernism and postmodernism. The book continues with explorations of Vito Acconci and Hannah Wilke, whose practices exemplify a new kind of performance that arose in the late 1960s, one that represents a dramatic shift in the conception of the artistic subject. Jones then surveys the work of a younger generation of artists -- including Laurie Anderson, Orlan, Maureen Connor, Lyle Ashton Harris, Laura Aguilar, and Bob Flanagan -- whose recent work integrates technology and issues of identity to continue to expand the critique begun in earlier body art projects. Embracing an exhilarating mix of methodologies and perspectives (including feminism, queer theory, philosophy, psychoanalysis, and literary theory), this rigorous and elegantexamination of body art provides rich historical insight and essential context that rethinks the parameters of postmodern culture.

Les études de Michel Foucault sur la sexualité et son histoire, de même que les premiers travaux de Judith Butler sur la fluidité des postures de genre, ont contribué à l’émergence de la pensée queer, qui récuse le fixisme identitaire sans pour autant rejeter la notion d’identité. Ce courant de pensée a eu des répercussions tant dans le domaine des études féministes que dans celui des études LGBT ou encore des études sur les sexualités qui s’intéressent aux marges de la société hétérosexiste. Au-delà des oppositions binaires du masculin et du féminin ou de l’hétérosexualité et de l’homosexualité, il y a toujours un indécidable, qui résiste à la bipartition, une zone de flou, d’hybride et de poreux. C’est cet indécidable qui force la réflexion, non pas pour le faire entrer dans une catégorie d’opposition binaire, mais pour faire rebondir la pensée. Des textes de Carmen Gill, Ross Higgins, Diane Lamoureux, Marie-José Nadal, Tania Navarro Swain, Paul-André Perron, Robert Schwartzwald et Colette St-Hilaire.

Inside the Academy and Out demonstrates that the pedagogical and theoretical insights offered by lesbian/gay/queer studies can have relevance to a broader social sphere. The essayists represented here come from a wide range of disciplines, including English, education, philosophy, sociology, and women's studies. Their essays are divided into two broad areas: 'Pedagogy and Research' and 'Spheres of Action.' Taken together, they explore teaching and research theory, examining their implications in areas such as AIDS education, social services, law reform, and popular culture.

Sky, un Hméga-club" en plein essor situé au coeur du village gai de Montréal, représente plusieurs tendances au sein des clubs et des villages gais de l'Amérique du Nord à la fin du XXième siècle. Ce projet aborde les opérations quotidiennes du Sky, en tenant compte de son architecture complexe, de ses pratiques de gestion, et de sa popularité à l'intérieur du village ainsi que des ramifications théoriques de cet établissement pour la communauté gaie et pour la culture des clubs de nuit en général. Au plan théorique, ce complexe récréatif présentement en expansion constitue un phénomène ni complètement opprimant, ni entièrement libérateur. Bien que le Sky offre certains des avantages d'un "méga-club" pour la communauté gaie--plus grande diversité, accessibilité, et communauté--il possède également les désavantages de ces établissements: la concentration du pouvoir économique, une moins grande présence gaie dans les rues, et la promotion de certaines identités et cultures gaies plutôt que d'autres.

‘When we claim to have been injured by language, what kind of claim do we make?’ - Judith Butler, Excitable Speech Excitable Speech is widely hailed as a tour de force and one of Judith Butler’s most important books. Examining in turn debates about hate speech, pornography and gayness within the US military, Butler argues that words can wound and linguistic violence is its own kind of violence. Yet she also argues that speech is ‘excitable’ and fluid, because its effects often are beyond the control of the speaker, shaped by fantasy, context and power structures. In a novel and courageous move, she urges caution concerning the use of legislation to restrict and censor speech, especially in cases where injurious language is taken up by aesthetic practices to diminish and oppose the injury, such as in rap and popular music. Although speech can insult and demean, it is also a form of recognition and may be used to talk back; injurious speech can reinforce power structures, but it can also repeat power in ways that separate language from its injurious power. Skillfully showing how language’s oppositional power resides in its insubordinate and dynamic nature and its capacity to appropriate and defuse words that usually wound, Butler also seeks to account for why some clearly hateful speech is taken to be iconic of free speech, while other forms are more easily submitted to censorship. In light of current debates between advocates of freedom of speech and ‘no platform’ and cancel culture, the message of Excitable Speech remains more relevant now than ever.