Description
| Product ID: | 9781785780714 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | IT |
| Series: | Graphic Guides |
| Title: | Queer: A Graphic History |
| Authors: | Author: Meg-John Barker, Jules Scheele |
| Page Count: | 176 |
| Subjects: | Classic European style / tradition comic books, Graphic novels: true stories & non-fiction, Gender studies, gender groups, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, Gender studies, gender groups, Gay & Lesbian studies |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Barker and Scheele invite you to question the status quo and to start seeing things more queerly. ''Queer: A Graphic History Could Totally Change the Way You Think About Sex and Gender'' ViceActivist-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. |
| Imprint Name: | Icon Books |
| Publisher Name: | Icon Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-09-08 |
