Queer Theory without Antinormativity

by Robyn Wiegman (Editor), Elizabeth A. Wilson (Editor)

The tyrannies of sexual normativity have been widely denounced in queer theory. Heteronormativity, homonormativity, family values, marriage, and monogamy have all been objects of sustained queer critique, most often in purely oppositional as antinormativity. The contributors to this special issue ask a seemingly simple question of this critical can queer theory proceed without a primary allegiance to antinormativity? These essays offer an affirmative answer either by rethinking normativity or eschewing it altogether in order to redirect the intellectual and political energies of the field. 

200 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2014