Chapter List and Contributor Biogs; Reflections on Female and Trans* Masculinities and Other Queer Crossings (original) (raw)
2017
Introduction by Jude Woods and Nina Kane. The book includes contributions from speakers who participated in the Agender: Female and Transgendered Masculinities Conference (Leeds Art Gallery, June 2014) and performers, artists and theorists interested in the queer and gender politics opened up by the theme. It focuses primarily on the development of queer cultures of art, dance, theatre and performance arts in Europe in the C20th, and current issues of concern in the C21st, and will contextualise this in a wider history of gender. Most of the submissions focus explicitly on the gender binary and explore constructions of masculinity, femininity and issues relating to Transgender or Transsexual experience as mediated through the arts. It also contains a number of chapters pertaining to the work of artists Marlowe Moss and Claude Cahun - exhibited in the 'Parallel Lives' exhibition held at Leeds Art Gallery (April - Sept 2014), and the impetus for the original conference. There is a focus on galleries and the presence (or absence) of queer work in gallery practice and programming, and in the wider cultural canons of art history and performance. The book has been commissioned by Cambridge Scholars Publishing and is co-authored / co-edited by Dr Nina Kane,and Jude Woods as part of the conclusion to the PoMoGaze project and Queer Eye Partnership (Leeds Art Gallery and Cast-Off Drama, 2013-2015). Published 1st June 2017.
Queer Crossings. Theories, Bodies, Texts
2012
"The past decade has witnessed a proliferation of writings on queer theories and practices.Drawing together established and emerging scholars in the field, this volume offers a broad, trans-disciplinary and international approach to queer studies. In the light of recent critical perspectives, it proposes a number of theoretical developments concerning three key thematic fields: theories, bodies and texts. The first section of the volume considers the embodied, sexed and gendered self and its problematic relation with queer theories, animal studies as well as with the representation of non-human and intersex identities. The second section explores a variety of modes of representation, – and/or misrepresentation – of queer embodied subjectivities, ranging from literature to media and performance. In analysing a variety of classic and contemporary texts, the contributors call into question and reconceptualise key issues such as queer subjectivity, homophobia, gender performativity, masquerade and cross-dressing."
Balirano, G. / Baker, P. 2018. Introduction - Queer Masculinities: By Way of Introduction
Balirano, G. / Baker, P. 2018. “Introduction – Queer Masculinities: By Way of Introduction”. In Balirano, G. / Baker, P. (eds), Queering Masculinities in Language and Culture, pp. 1-17. London: Palgrave Macmillan. , 2018
This collection brings together diverse experiences, views, and studies stemming from original interdisciplinary research on different linguistic and cultural representations of queer masculinities in new and old media. It is a timely contribution towards ongoing research on changing representations of men and masculinities in contemporary academic studies. Each of the self-contained chapters in the volume is bound into a specific frame of reference enhancing a series of examinations on the ways that masculinities intersect with queer identities and practices. The diverse authors who contributed to the book have analysed the representation of “queer” social actors from the perspective of gender studies, with the benefit of approaches and insights from masculinity and queer studies, linguistics, anthropology, and semiotics. Queering masculinities aims to promote a range of integrated approaches, particularly those relating to emerging ways of signifying contemporary masculinities and relating constraints, stereotypes, and prejudices within English-speaking contexts by addressing issues concerning gender in linguistic, literary, social, and cultural contexts. Hence, the book entails several analytical approaches spanning from critical discourse analysis and multimodal analysis to literary criticism and anthropological and social research.
On the gender continuum: the stories of transmen
2008
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Introduction to Queer Studies Romesburg Syllabus 2024
2024
Primarily through the lens of films (shorts, feature, documentary, and digital) and touching upon visual arts and music, we will explore the field of queer studies and its relationship both to the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people and to understandings of broader culture and society. Using interdisciplinary approaches that incorporate the intersection of race, class, gender, ability, and nation with sexuality and gender identity and expression, we will cultivate analytical tools provided by queer and trans studies and apply them to artistic and cultural production and expression, as well as related political and social contexts. In this introductory course, students need no prior background in queer/trans studies, women’s and gender studies, or film studies to fully engage.