feminist & queer theory 101
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Dr. Sarah Rainey
Topography of Feminist Thought
QueerAs a politics…As an identity…
As a theory…PostmodernismPerformativity (Butler)
'There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender; ... identity is performatively constituted by the very "expressions" that are said to be its results.' (Gender Trouble, p. 25).
AbjectHeterosexual Matrix
Feminist Critiques of QTMarginalization of lesbians, people of
colorGlossing over of differenceDifficult politicsPlace of the “subject”
Possibilities of QTRethinking normative ways of seeing,
looking for outliers, looking for the abjectCommunity, solidarityQueering nationality, ability, race…
Queer GlobalizationRelationship to CapitalismLocal/globalQueering development discourse
Putting Feminist Thought Into Historical ContextImportant Vocabulary
BacklashPost-feminism/t“power feminism”
1st Wave1848 Declaration of Sentiments1920, 19th Amendment
2nd Wave
3rd Wave
3rd waveA generation
A time period
An ideology/politics
Wave MetaphorBenefits
Drawbacks