A Companion to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies (Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies)

"A Companion to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies" is the first single volume survey of current discussions taking place in this rapidly developing area of study. Recognizing the multidisciplinary nature of the field, the editors gather new essays by an international team of established and emerging scholars Addresses the politics, economics, history, and cultural impact of sexuality Engages the future of queer studies by asking what sexuality stands for, what work it does, and how it continues to structure discussions in various academic disciplines as well as contemporary politics Sex, Secularism, And The War On Terrorism : The Role Of Sexuality In Multi-issue Organizing / Janet R. Jakobsen -- Freedom And The Racialization Of Intimacy : Lawrence V. Texas And The Emergence Of Queer Liberalism / David L. Eng -- No Atheists In The Foxhole : Toward A Radical Queer Politics In A Post-9/11 World / Sharon P. Holland -- Queer Love In The Time Of War And Shopping / Martin F. Manalansan Iv -- Who Needs Civil Liberties? / Richard Meyer -- The Relevance Of Race For The Study Of Sexuality / Roderick A. Ferguson -- The Present Future Of Lesbian Historiography / Valerie Traub -- Deviant Teaching / David M. Halperin -- After Sontag : Future Notes On Camp / Ann Pellegrini -- Queer Spectrality : Haunting The Past / Carla Frecerro -- The Desire For Gender / Robyn Wiegman -- Methodologies Of Trans Resistance / Dean Spade -- The History Of Aphallia And The Intersexual Challenge To Sex/gender / Vernon A. Rosario -- Gesture And Utterance : Fragments From A Butch Femme Archive / Juana Maria Rodriguez -- Queer Belongings : Kinship Theory And Queer Theory / Elizabeth Freeman -- Forgetting Family : Queer Alternatives To Oedipal Relations / Judith Halberstam -- Between Friends / Jennifer Doyle -- Queer Regions : Locating Lesbians In Sancharram / Gayatri Gopinath -- The Light That Never Goes Out : Butch Intimacies And Sub-urban Sociabilities In Lesser Los Angeles / Karen Tongson -- Serious Innovation : An Interview With Judith Butler / Jordana Rosenberg -- Materiality, Pedagogy, And Queer Visibility / Amy Villarejo -- Melos, Telos, And Me : Transpositions Of Identity In The Rock Musical / James Tobias -- Promising Complicities : On The Sex, Race, And Globalization Project / Miranda Joseph, David Rubin -- Queerness As Horizon : Utopian Hermeneutics In The Face Of Gay Pragmatism / Jose Esteban Muñoz. Sex, Secularism, And The War On Terrorism : The Role Of Sexuality In Multi-issue Organizing / Janet R. Jakobsen -- Freedom And The Racialization Of Intimacy : Lawrence V. Texas And The Emergence Of Queer Liberalism / David L. Eng -- No Atheists In The Foxhole : Toward A Radical Queer Politics In A Post-9/11 World / Sharon P. Holland -- Queer Love In The Time Of War And Shopping / Martin F. Manalansan Iv -- Who Needs Civil Liberties? / Richard Meyer -- The Relevance Of Race For The Study Of Sexuality / Roderick A. Ferguson -- The Present Future Of Lesbian Historiography / Valerie Traub -- Deviant Teaching / David M. Halperin -- After Sontag : Future Notes On Camp / Ann Pellegrini -- Queer Spectrality : Haunting The Past / Carla Frecerro -- The Desire For Gender / Robyn Wiegman -- Methodologies Of Trans Resistance / Dean Spade -- The History Of Aphallia And The Intersexual Challenge To Sex/gender / Vernon A. Rosario -- Gesture And Utterance : Fragments From A Butch Femme Archive / Juana Maria Rodriguez -- Queer Belongings : Kinship Theory And Queer Theory / Elizabeth Freeman -- Forgetting Family : Queer Alternatives To Oedipal Relations / Judith Halberstam -- Between Friends / Jennifer Doyle -- Queer Regions : Locating Lesbians In Sancharram / Gayatri Gopinath -- The Light That Never Goes Out : Butch Intimacies And Sub-urban Sociabilities In Lesser Los Angeles / Karen Tongson -- Serious Innovation : An Interview With Judith Butler / Jordana Rosenberg -- Materiality, Pedagogy, And Queer Visibility / Amy Villarejo -- Melos, Telos, And Me : Transpositions Of Identity In The Rock Musical / James Tobias -- Promising Complicities : On The Sex, Race, And Globalization Project / Miranda Joseph And David Rubin -- Queerness As Horizon : Utopian Hermeneutics In The Face Of Gay Pragmatism / Jose Esteban Muñoz. Edited By George E. Haggerty And Molly Mcgarry. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. A Companion to Lesbian,Gay, Bisexual,Transgender, and Queer Studies......Page 1 Contents......Page 7 List of Illustrations......Page 11 List of Contributors......Page 13 Acknowledgments......Page 19 Introduction......Page 21 PART I QUEER POLITICS IN THE TIME OF WAR AND SHOPPING OR WHY SEX?WHY NOW?......Page 35 1 Sex,Secularism,and the “War on Terrorism ”:The Role of Sexuality in Multi-Issue Organizing......Page 37 2 Freedom and the Racialization of Intimacy:Lawrence v.Texas and the Emergence of Queer Liberalism......Page 58 3 “No Atheists in the Fox Hole ”:Toward a Radical Queer Politics in a Post-9/11 World......Page 80 4 Queer Love in the Time of War and Shopping......Page 97 5 Who Needs Civil Liberties?......Page 107 PART I I HISTORIES,GENEALOGIES,AND FUTURITIES......Page 127 6 The Relevance of Race for the Study of Sexuality......Page 129 7 The Present Future of Lesbian Historiography......Page 144 8 Deviant Teaching......Page 166 9 After Sontag:Future Notes on Camp......Page 188 10 Queer Spectrality:Haunting the Past......Page 214 PART I I I DESIRE FOR GENDER......Page 235 11 The Desi re for Gender......Page 237 12 Methodologies of Trans Resistance......Page 257 13 The History of Aphallia and the Intersexual Challenge to Sex/Gender......Page 282 14 Gesture and Utterance:Fragments from a Butch –Femme Archive......Page 302 PART I V QUEER BELONGINGS......Page 313 15 Queer Belongings:Kinship Theory and Queer Theory......Page 315 16 Forgetting Family:Queer Alternatives to Oedipal Relations......Page 335 17 Between Friends......Page 345 18 Queer Regions:Locating Lesbians in Sancharram......Page 361 19 The Light That Never Goes Out:Butch Intimacies and Sub-Urban Sociabilities in “Lesser Los Angeles ”......Page 375 PART V PERFORMING THEORY OR THEORY IN MEDIAS RES......Page 397 20 “Serious Innovation ”:An Interview with Judith Butler......Page 399 21 Materiality,Pedagogy,and the Limits of Queer Visibility......Page 409 22 Melos ,Tel os ,and Me:Transpositions of Identity in the Rock Musical......Page 424 23 Promising Complicities:On the Sex,Race,and Globalization Project......Page 450 24 Queerness as Horizon:Utopian Hermeneutics in the Face of Gay Pragmatism......Page 472 Index......Page 484 Introduction / by Molly McGarry and George E. Haggerty Sex, secularism, and the "war on terrorism" : the role of sexuality in multi-issue organizing / Janet R. Jakobsen Freedom and the racialization of intimacy : Lawrence v. Texas and the emergence of queer liberalism / David L. Eng "No atheists in the foxhole" : toward a radical queer politics in a post-9-11 world / Sharon Holland Queer love in the time of war and shopping / Martin F. Manalansan IV Who needs civil liberties? / Richard Meyer The relevance of race for the study of sexuality / Roderick A. Ferguson The present future of lesbian historiography / Valerie Traub Deviant teaching / David M. Halperin After Sontag : future notes on camp / Ann Pellegrini Queer spectrality : haunting the past / Carla Frecerro The desire for gender / Robyn Wiegman Beyond tolerance : resisting economic injustice, struggling for gender self-determination / Dean Spade The history of aphallia and the intersexual challenge to sex/gender / Vernon Rosario Gesture and utterance : fragments from a butch femme archive / Juana Rodriguez Queer belongings : kinship theory and queer theory / Elizabeth Freeman Forgetting family : queer alternatives to Oedipal relations / Judith Halberstam Between friends / Jennifer Doyle Queer regions : locating lesbians in Sancharram / Gayatri Gopinath The light that never goes out : butch intimacies and sub-urban sociabilities in "lesser Los Angeles" / Karen Tongson "Serious innovation" : a conversation with Judith Butler / Jordana Rosenberg Materiality, pedagogy, and queer visibility / Amy Villarejo Melos, Telos, and me : deviations of identity in the rock musical / James Tobias Promising complicities : on the Sex, Race, and Globalization Project / Miranda Joseph and David Rubin Queerness as horizon : utopian hermeneutics in the face of gay pragmatism / Jose Esteban Muñoz.