Research Guides @ Fordham: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Studies (LGBTQ): Queer Theory

What Is Queer Theory?

→ Queer theory is difficult to define. Check out the following selection of resources to learn about the history of queer theory and its debates:

Miller, Jennifer. "Thirty Years of Queer Theory."
In Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach, edited by Deborah P. Amory, Sean G. Massey, Jennifer Miller, and Allison P. Brown. State University of New York, 2022.

Amin, Kadji. “Genealogies of Queer Theory.”
In The Cambridge Companion to Queer Studies, edited by Siobhan Sommerville, 17–29. Cambridge University Press, 2020.

→ Many terms within these debates are explored detail in this book:

Keywords for Gender and Sexuality Studies [electronic resource] by Keywords Feminist Editorial Collective
New York University Press, 2021.

Selected Queer Theory Books

The History of Sexuality by Michel Foucault
Vintage Books, 1980.
Call number HQ12 .F681
Fordham has many editions in print - please check the catalog for call numbers & locations.
Gender Trouble : Feminism and the Subversion of Identity by Judith P. Butler
Routledge, 1990.
Fordham has many editions in print - please check the catalog for call numbers & locations.
*E-book link above is for the 2nd edition.
Epistemology of the Closet by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
University of California Press, 1990.
Call number [RH Stacks & LC QuinnX Stacks] PS374.H63 S42 1990
Deviations : A Gayle Rubin Reader [electronic resource] by Gayle S. Rubin
Duke University Press, 2011.
Cruising Utopia : The Then and There of Queer Futurity by José Esteban Muñoz
New York University Press, 2009.
Call number [RH Stacks] HQ76.25 .M86 2009
Queer Phenomenology : Orientations, Objects, Others by Sara Ahmed
Duke University Press, 2006.
Call number [Stacks in all campus libraries] HQ76.25 .A38 2006

Philosophy Resources

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Organizes scholars from around the world in philosophy and related disciplines to create and maintain an up-to-date reference work.

PhilPapers: Philosophical Research Online
Comprehensive index of philosophy books and articles.

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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Studies (LGBTQ): Queer Theory

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What Is Queer Theory?

Selected Queer Theory Books

Philosophy Resources

Reference & Instruction Department