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Reproductive Futurism
In queer theory and psychoanalysis, reproductive futurism is the concept that people place value over the future — such as having children — over their current situations. It was created by scholar Lee Edelman in his work '' No Future''. Background and usage Edelman created the term in the context of gay rights movements, which he saw as too culturally assimilationist. He criticised the marriage equality movement as placing inordinate value on marriage, procreation, and the traditional family model. Rather than accepting the criticism from conservatives that LGBT cannot reproduce (and hence marriage is not something they deserve), gay rights activists argued that they were optimal parents and that they deserved marriage. For him, such movements should be abandoned, and LGBT people should embrace their place as symbolic of the death drive (a concept in psychoanalysis). His ultimate position was one of queer negativity. He created a related concept, the ''sinthomosexual'' � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queer Theory
Queer theory is a field of post-structuralist critical theory that emerged in the early 1990s out of queer studies (formerly often known as gay and lesbian studies) and women's studies. The term "queer theory" is broadly associated with the study and theorization of gender and sexual practices that exist outside of heterosexuality, and which challenge Heteronormativity, the notion that heterosexuality is what is normal. Following Social constructivism, social constructivist developments in sociology, queer theorists are often critical of what they consider Essentialism, essentialist views of Human sexuality, sexuality and gender. Instead, they study those concepts as social and cultural phenomena, often through an analysis of the categories, gender binary, binaries, and language in which they are said to be portrayed. Scholars associated with the development of queer theory are French post-structuralist philosopher Michel Foucault, and American feminist authors Gloria Anzaldúa, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queer Antisociality
''Queer'' is an umbrella term for people who are non-heterosexual or non-cisgender. Originally meaning or , ''queer'' came to be used pejoratively against LGBTQ people in the late 19th century. From the late 1980s, queer activists began to reappropriation, reclaim the word as a neutral or positive self-description. In the 21st century, ''queer'' became increasingly used to describe a broad spectrum of non-heteronormative sexual or gender identities and politics. Academic disciplines such as queer theory and queer studies share a general opposition to Gender binary, binarism, normativity, and a perceived lack of intersectionality, some of them only tangentially connected to the LGBTQ movement. Queer arts, queer cultural groups, and queer political groups are examples of modern expressions of queer identities. Critics of the term include members of the LGBTQ community who associate it more with its colloquial, derogatory usage; those who wish to dissociate themselves from queer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
