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Queer Theories explores and aggressively expands the provocative new field of sexual identity studies. It covers the history of the terms 'gay' and 'lesbian' as identity categories, the reclamation of the word 'queer' as a term of radical self-identification, and the recent challenges to sexual identity studies posed by transgender and bisexual theories. Donald E. Hall also offers concrete applications of the abstract theories that he explores with imaginative new readings of works such as 'The Yellow Wallpaper', Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Orlando and The Color Purple

Queere Theorien befassen sich mit den komplexen Zusammenhängen von Sexualitäts- und Geschlechternormen mit Kultur, Politik und Gesellschaft. Sie analysieren, wie Sexualität und Geschlecht im Kontext von Kapitalismus, Nationalstaat, Rassismus und (Post-)Kolonialismus diszipliniert und geformt, aber auch zum Ausgangspunkt für emanzipatorische Bewegungen werden. Mike Laufenberg erläutert in dieser Einführung zentrale Begriffe und Debatten in den Queer Studies und macht mit wichtigen Protagonist*innen (u.a. Judith Butler, Cathy Cohen, Lee Edelman, Roderick Ferguson, Gayatri Gopinath, Mario Mieli, José Esteban Muñoz, Eve K. Sedgwick, Monique Wittig) vertraut. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf Theorieentwicklungen, die in der deutschsprachigen Öffentlichkeit bislang nur selektiv zur Kenntnis genommen wurden. (Verlagsinformation)

The article examines queer as critique by performing a series of parallel readings of leading queer thinkers, including Judith Butler, Eve Sedgwick, and Michael Warner. Introducing two philosophical traditions and strategies of social critique, immanent and intervening critique, along with their criteria of what is right and good, I discuss how these scholars engage in these strategies and wrestle with their in-built problems within the orbit of the research foci and ambitions of queer studies. Queer critique aims at challenging dominant knowledges, social hierarchies and norms related to sex, sexuality, and gender by exposing the limits they impose on us, including the sufferings associated with them. The article closes with considering queer political visions and their normative underpinnings.

Mike Laufenberg: Queere Theorien zur Einführung. Hamburg: Junius 2022. 978-3-96060-329-0

"Political education is the practice of using knowledge for action, whether its serving and educating the community or taking personal action. This is central Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, but in Dr. Klinker's Queer Theories and Politics (WGSS 374) students were able to engage in political education beyond the class." Winona State University (WSU) student Cassidy Vogel blog post discusses and shared their experiences engaging in political education beyond the classroom. This blog post was intended for the WSU Academic Blog which showcases the exciting and challenging work that WSU Student do.