queer theory
E494315
LGBT studies subfield
academic field
critical theory
intellectual movement
interdisciplinary field
theoretical framework
Queer theory is a critical intellectual movement that challenges normative ideas about gender, sexuality, and identity, drawing on poststructuralist and feminist thought to analyze how power shapes social and cultural norms.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| queer theory canonical | 3 |
| QueerCrit | 2 |
| Queer theory | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: queer theory Context triple: [On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint, philosophicalTradition, queer theory]
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Queer
Queer is a semi-autobiographical novel by William S. Burroughs that explores themes of homosexuality, addiction, and alienation in postwar Mexico City.
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GLQ
GLQ is the three-letter National Rail station code for Glasgow Queen Street, a major railway terminus in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that critically examines gender, sexuality, and women’s experiences in relation to power, culture, history, and social justice.
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Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence is Adrienne Rich’s influential feminist essay that critiques heterosexuality as a political institution and argues for the recognition of lesbian existence and resistance.
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Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality
Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality is a psychoanalytic work by Sándor Ferenczi that explores human sexuality and development through speculative biological and evolutionary perspectives.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: queer theory Target entity description: Queer theory is a critical intellectual movement that challenges normative ideas about gender, sexuality, and identity, drawing on poststructuralist and feminist thought to analyze how power shapes social and cultural norms.
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A.
Queer
Queer is a semi-autobiographical novel by William S. Burroughs that explores themes of homosexuality, addiction, and alienation in postwar Mexico City.
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B.
GLQ
GLQ is the three-letter National Rail station code for Glasgow Queen Street, a major railway terminus in Glasgow, Scotland.
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C.
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that critically examines gender, sexuality, and women’s experiences in relation to power, culture, history, and social justice.
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D.
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence is Adrienne Rich’s influential feminist essay that critiques heterosexuality as a political institution and argues for the recognition of lesbian existence and resistance.
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E.
Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality
Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality is a psychoanalytic work by Sándor Ferenczi that explores human sexuality and development through speculative biological and evolutionary perspectives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
LGBT studies subfield
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academic field ⓘ critical theory ⓘ intellectual movement ⓘ interdisciplinary field ⓘ theoretical framework ⓘ |
| analyzes |
cultural texts
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how power shapes gender norms ⓘ how power shapes sexual norms ⓘ institutions ⓘ social practices ⓘ |
| appliedIn |
anthropology
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cultural studies ⓘ education ⓘ film studies ⓘ history ⓘ legal studies ⓘ literary studies ⓘ performance studies ⓘ philosophy ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| challenges |
binary understandings of gender
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binary understandings of sexuality ⓘ essentialist views of gender ⓘ essentialist views of sexuality ⓘ heteronormativity ⓘ identity politics based on fixed categories ⓘ |
| coinedBy | Teresa de Lauretis ⓘ |
| coinedIn | 1990 ⓘ |
| developedIn | Anglophone academia ⓘ |
| drawsOn |
critical race theory
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deconstruction ⓘ feminist theory ⓘ gay and lesbian studies ⓘ postmodernism ⓘ poststructuralism ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| emergedIn |
early 1990s
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late 1980s ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
discourse
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gender ⓘ gender norms ⓘ heteronormativity ⓘ identity ⓘ intersectionality ⓘ normativity ⓘ power relations ⓘ representation ⓘ sexual norms ⓘ sexuality ⓘ subjectivity ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Adrienne Rich
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Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick ⓘ Gayle Rubin ⓘ Judith Butler ⓘ Michel Foucault ⓘ Monique Wittig ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
anti-essentialism
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deconstruction of identity categories ⓘ heteronormativity critique ⓘ performativity ⓘ queer as a positionality ⓘ |
| originatedIn |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| relatedTo |
LGBT studies
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critical theory ⓘ cultural studies ⓘ feminist theory ⓘ gender studies ⓘ |
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