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Not to be confused with Queer studies.

Queer theory is ...

Terminology

Evolution of the term Queer theory; compare queer studies, and related terms.

Definition and scope

What's included in the term Queer theory; what's not.

Background

Theoretical problems with previous approaches

Identity, essence, social constructionism, gender & sex; use of language; categories as social constructs;

Development

New synthesis in the 1990s. This is the section that actually describes in detail what it is; the first paragraph of the lead should be a summary of this section. (Maybe needs a better name.)

Foundational texts and major figures

Foucault

• The History of Sexuality

Butler

• Gender Trouble

Sedgwick

• Epistemology of the Closet

National reception

Contrast how it was viewed in Anglo-Saxon countries, France, Germany.

Criticisms

Social conservatives (Bawer, Sullivan) etc.

Impact

Important and lasting influences on related fields.

See also

• article one
• article two
• yet another article