Queer Studies: Beyond Binaries

By Bruce Henderson

Intended for entry-level survey courses in Queer or LGBTQ+ Studies for students from all majors, this engaging text covers a wide range of topics grouped into the categories "Queering Language", "Queering Identity", "Queering Contexts", and "Queering Imagination".

Queer Studies: Beyond Binaries:

• Reviews foundational concepts from queer theory and queer history
• Engages readers with a narrative that helps them apply key ideas and concepts to their lives and experiences
• Questions various binaries to help readers examine their own sexual identities and gender expressions
• Takes a multidisciplinary approach, drawing from the social and natural sciences, humanities, and arts
• Emphasizes identity as the intersection of multiple characteristics, including sexuality, gender, race, class, ethnicity, and dis/ability
• Examines queering in multiple contexts, including school, sociality, health, spirituality, and citizenship