Week 3 Queer Theory

26 Feb. Sedgwick, Epistemology of the Closet, 67-90 (131-181 as well for the ambitious)
Gayle Rubin, “Thinking Sex” on ereserve

27 Feb. Paris is Burning

28 Feb. Butler, Gender Trouble, Chapter 1 “Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire”  and in Chapter 3, Part IV: “Bodily Inscriptions” and Conclusion. Read also the 1999 Introduction.
(Pages vary with editions, of which there are now 3)

Judith Butler 101 at Autostraddle

Judith Butler Explained with Cats

 

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Marija Šerifović opening Eurovision 2008 in Belgrade, which is so homophobic that they can’t have gay pride parades or gay bars known to the public at large. I still can’t believe she and the producers got away with this! (Šerifović won in 2007, which is why Belgrade hosted in 2008)

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