Explain the main aspects of queer theory. Present a queer analysis of one or two films on the course. Discuss possible limitations of this approach.
Title: Explain the main aspects of queer theory. Present a queer analysis of one or two films on the course. Discuss possible limitations of this approach.
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Explain the main aspects of queer theory. Present a queer analysis of one or two films on the course. Discuss possible limitations of this approach.
Category: /Law & Government
Details: Words: 2640 | Pages: 10 (approximately 235 words/page)
The word 'queer' has made an interesting journey, since although most people realize that the adjective was originally just a synonym for strange or abnormal, recently, it is rarely used in that context. Now, queer is intended as an umbrella term that argues for no fixed meanings in relation to gender and hence, a general term that embrace people from all walks of life - lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transvestites, transsexuals (Creed, 2004, p124; Doty, 1998, p.149). In …showed first 75 words of 2640 total…
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*<Tab/>Pidduck, Julianne (2001), 'Risk and Queer Spectatorship' in Screen, vol. 42, no. 1, p.217-221.
*<Tab/>Smyth, Cherry (1995), 'The Transgressive Sexual Subject' in A Queer Romance: Lesbians, gay men and popular culture (eds) Paul Burston and Colin Richardson, Routledge, London and New York, p.123-143.
Filmography
*<Tab/>Boys don't Cry, Kimberley Pierce, 1999.
*<Tab/>The Crying Game, Neil Jordan, 1992.