The Routledge Queer Studies Reader (Routledge Literature Readers)

The Routledge Queer Studies Reader (Routledge Literature Readers)

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<P><EM>The Routledge Queer Studies Reader</EM> provides a comprehensive resource for students and scholars working in this vibrant and interdisciplinary field.</P> <P>The book traces the emergence and development of Queer Studies as a field of scholarship, presenting key critical essays alongside more recent criticism that explores new directions. The collection is edited by leading scholars in the field and presents:</P> <UL> <P> <LI>individual introductory notes that situate each work within its historical, disciplinary and theoretical contexts</LI> <P></P> <P> <LI>essays grouped by key subject areas including Genealogies, Sex, Temporalities, Kinship, Affect, Bodies, and Borders</LI> <P></P> <P> <LI>writings by major figures including Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Judith Butler, David M. Halperin, Jos© Esteban Mu±oz, Elizabeth Grosz, David Eng, Judith Halberstam and Sara Ahmed.</LI> <P></P></UL> <P><EM>The Routledge Queer Studies Reader</EM> is a field-defining volume and presents an illuminating guide for established scholars and also those new to Queer Studies.</P>