Queer Theory
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Queer Theory
1. The problem of defining "queer".
v Queer as an adjective originally existed with no sexual connotation or reference, simply used to mean strange, odd or slightly abnormal.
v In a sexual sense following this, queer became a term associated with "abnormal" sexual preference.
v Queer carried with it into the sexual framework the negative association, it held in standard language use, i.e. strange or abnormal, and was considered a term of abuse by heterosexuals to describe homosexuals.
v Alternatively, today "queer" has become a term of "self description", so that at times queer appears to be a term reserved solely for use by homosexuals to describe homosexuality.
v As much as queer is a difficult concept to define, queer theory is equally intriguing. In broad terms queer theory covers the history of the twentieth century changes in the notion of homosexuality and homosexual sex...