SOCIOL 3U03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Stonewall Riots, Gay Liberation, Queer Theory
8 Apr 2020
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Social context and queer theory: qt emerged out of political activism of 1980s, anti-apartheid movement, rise of religious right & political conservatism, anti- Feminist backlash: also shaped & informed by # of other social forces/factors (i) lesbian & gay liberation & culture, politics of sexual expression & identity within community. Tenets of queer theory: qt claimed, identities are always multiple or at best composites (mixtures, # of ways in which identities sexual orientation, ethnicity, class, gender. Intersect & combine: context important identities are situation, are always being produced, challenged, assumption of a single homosexual subject or identity, very telos (aim) of western homosexual politics. Ignores real queer life & how it is experienced across the world. Ignores how lgbt individuals self-identify & understand own sexuality. Heterosexuality 1900-1945 of offspring: heterosexuality stabilized as ruling sexual orthodoxy, procreative urge now associated with desire/lust. Heteronormativity: concept popularized circa early 1990s, important concept of queer theory, understood as an institutionalized norm & practice.
