identities, sexualities, and the theater of gender
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Berger, Anne-Emmanuelle
- Creator
- Porter, Catherine > (transl.)
- Publish Year
- 2014
- Shelfmark
- WER 22 2014 - B
- Thesaurus
- vrouwenstudies, theorieën, kapitalisme, Verenigde Staten, Frankrijk
- Description
- The author describes differences and intersections in the development of gender and queer theories in The United States and France. The book is divided into four parts. In the first, the author examines two specifically 'American' features of gender theories since their earliest formulations: on the one hand, an emphasis on the theatricality of gender, on the other, the early adoption of a 'queer' perspective on gender issues. In the second part, the author reflects on a shift in the rhetoric concerning sexual minorities and politics that is .prevalent today. The third part deals with developments in the concept of 'sexual difference'. The last section addresses the relationship between Western feminism and capitalism by focusing on debates about prostitution.