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An edition of Queer: A Graphic History (2016)

Queer

A Graphic History

1st edition
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Though not a graphic novel, this high illustrated nonfiction book explores how we came to view sex, gender and sexuality in the ways that we do. Barker and Scheele show how these ideas get tangled up with our culture and our understanding of biology, psychology and sexology; and how these views have been disputed and challenged. Each page focuses on a specific aspect of the subject.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (page 174).

Published in
London, UK
Series
Graphic Guides
Copyright Date
2016

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306.76/6
Library of Congress
HQ76.25 .B37 2016, HQ76.25 .B373 2016, HQ76.25

Contributors

Illustrator
Jules Scheele
Editor
Kiera Jamison

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
175 pages
Number of pages
175

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL26889754M
ISBN 10
1785780719
ISBN 13
9781785780714
OCLC/WorldCat
939427299
Google
C49uDqPUXysC
Goodreads
28957268

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL19671749W

Work Description

Activist-academic Meg-John Barker and cartoonist Jules Scheele illuminate the histories of queer thought and LGBTQ+ action in this groundbreaking non-fiction graphic novel.

From identity politics and gender roles to privilege and exclusion, Queer explores how we came to view sex, gender and sexuality in the ways that we do; how these ideas get tangled up with our culture and our understanding of biology, psychology and sexology; and how these views have been disputed and challenged.

Along the way we look at key landmarks which shift our perspective of what’s ‘normal’ – Alfred Kinsey’s view of sexuality as a spectrum, Judith Butler’s view of gendered behaviour as a performance, the play Wicked, or moments in Casino Royale when we’re invited to view James Bond with the kind of desiring gaze usually directed at female bodies in mainstream media.

Presented in a brilliantly engaging and witty style, this is a unique portrait of the universe of queer thinking.

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