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Queer: A Graphic History
Series: Graphic Guides
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Barker and Scheele invite you to question the status quo and to start seeing things more queerly.
Barker and Scheele invite you to question the status quo and to start seeing things more queerly.
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Activist-academic Meg-John Barker and cartoonist Julia Scheele illuminate the histories of queer thought and LGBTI action in this groundbreaking non-fiction graphic novel. From identity politics and gender roles to privilege and exclusion, Queer: A Graphic History explores how we came to view sex, gender and sexuality in the ways that we do; how these ideas get tangled up with our culture and our understanding of biology, psychology and sexology; and how these views have been disputed and challenged.
Along the way, we look at key landmarks that shift our perspective of what's 'normal'—Alfred Kinsey's view of sexuality as a spectrum, Judith Butler's view of gendered behaviour as a performance, the play Wicked, or moments in Casino Royale when we're invited to view James Bond with the kind of desiring gaze usually directed at female bodies in mainstream media.
Presented in a brilliantly engaging and witty style, this is a unique portrait of the universe of queer thinking.
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Queer: A Graphic History
Activist-academic Meg-John Barker and cartoonist Julia Scheele illuminate the histories of queer thought and LGBTI action in this groundbreaking non-fiction graphic novel. From identity politics and gender roles to privilege and exclusion, Queer: A Graphic History explores how we came to view sex, gender and sexuality in the ways that we do; how these ideas get tangled up with our...PaperbackSold Out -
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Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker has been praised for potentially transforming perceptions of sex and gender, described as an engaging and accessible introduction to queer theory that demystifies complex philosophical ideas. The book is admired for its welcoming tone, encouraging readers to explore their identities, and its synthesis of words and images that challenge assumptions about gender, sexuality, race, and class. It blends academic rigour with wit, making it an invaluable resource that invites readers to embrace queer as both critique and lifestyle.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781785780714
Publisher: Icon Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 September 2016
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Icon Books
Illustration: 176Illustrations, black & white
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Jules Scheele
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 174.0mm
Height: 254.0mm
Weight: 539g
Pages: 176
About the Author
Dr Meg-John Barker is a writer, therapist, and activist-academic specialising in sex, gender and relationships. Meg-John is a senior lecturer in psychology at the Open University and a UKCP accredited psychotherapist, and has over a decade of experience researching and publishing on these topics including the popular book Rewriting the Rules. @megjohnbarker Julia Scheele is an illustrator, graphic facilitator and comic book artist. She runs One Beat Zines, a feminist zine collective and distributor. @juliascheele
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