Claudelle Dubuisson, Kristen DiAngelis, &

Jessica Hartmann
What is Queer Theory?
What is Queer Theory?
• Queer theory is an analytic framework that
includes topics such as:
– cross-dressing
– hermaphroditism
– gender ambiguity
– gender-corrective surgery
 What is Queer Theory?

How queer theory is used?

• It looks at images of sexuality, and ideas of
normative and deviant behavior, in a number
of ways
 History of Queer Theory

Queer Theory began in the early

mid 1990s. It was heavily
influenced by Michel Foucault.
History of Queer Theory
• Teresa de Lauretis
– She was the first person to use the phrase queer
theory in February 1990.
 Bibliography

http://www.outnowspringfield.org/Definitions.html
http://www.australianhumanitiesreview.org/archive/Issue-Dec-
1996/jagose.html
http://science.jrank.org/pages/10941/Queer-Theory-Michel-
Foucault.html
http://www.colorado.edu/English/courses/ENGL2012Klages/queert
heory.html
What is the name of the person who
heavily influenced Queer Theory?
What topics does Queer Theory
include?
What animal is a
hermaphrodite?
Cats

Iguana

Snails

Pigeon

All of the above