Queer: A Graphic History

Activist-academic Meg John Barker and cartoonist Julia Scheele illuminate the histories of queer thought and LGBTQ+ action in this groundbreaking non-fiction graphic novel. A kaleidoscope of characters from the diverse worlds of pop-culture, film, activism and academia guide us on a journey through [...]
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Activist-academic Meg John Barker and cartoonist Julia Scheele illuminate the histories of queer thought and LGBTQ+ action in this groundbreaking non-fiction graphic novel. A kaleidoscope of characters from the diverse worlds of pop-culture, film, activism and academia guide us on a journey through the ideas, people and events that have shaped queer theory .
From identity politics and gender roles to privilege and exclusion, "Queer" 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 which shift our perspective of what s normal, such as Alfred Kinsey s view of sexuality as a spectrum between heterosexuality and homosexuality, Judith Butler s view of gendered behavior as a performance, the play "Wicked, " which reinterprets characters from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, " 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."