Intersections between Feminist and Queer Theory

DIANE RICHARDSON is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Newcastle, UK. She has written extensively about feminism and sexuality. She is the author of Theorising Heterosexuality, Rethinking Sexuality and, co-edited with Steven Seidman, The Handbook of Lesbian and Gay Studies. She is currently co-editing, with Vicki Robinson, a third edition of Introducing Gender and Women's Studies. JANICE McLAUGHLIN is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, University of Newcastle, UK. H

'Challenging narrowly discursive and deconstructive approaches, Intersections between Feminist and Queer Theory brings together a stellar list of international scholars to make a powerful case for a theoretically robust, 'materialist' and intersectional approach to the critical analysis of gender and sexuality. This text is brimming with novel and exciting ideas about what a critical gender and sexualities studies should look like as we confront the tough realities of the present.' - Steven Seidman, Professor of Sociology, University at Albany, USA, and author of Contested Knowledge: Social Theory Today 'Enjoyable, interesting and timely.' - Sexualities

• Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: At the Intersections of Feminist and Queer Debates; J.McLaughlin, M.E.Casey & D.Richardson Bordering Theory; D.Richardson Heterosexuality, Sexuality and Gender: Re-thinking the Intersections; S.Jackson The Return of the Material: Cycles of Theoretical Fashion in Lesbian, Gay and Queer Studies; J.McLaughlin On the Evolution of Queer Studies: Lesbian Feminism, Queer Theory and Globalization; L.Garber Boys will be bois? Or Transgender Feminism and the Forgetful Fish; J.Halberstam The Value of a Second Skin; R.Hennessy Refiguring the Family: Toward a Post-Queer Politics of Gay and Lesbian Marriage; C.Meeks & A.Stein Practically between Post-Menopause and Post-Modern; A.R.Wilson References Index