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Elgar Encyclopedia of Queer Studies
This ground-breaking Encyclopedia presents a new take on the field of queer studies with its wide and inclusive range of entries, examining pathways for research into gender, sexuality and relationships. It covers significant developments in digital culture, globalization, identity, health and politics.
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This ground-breaking Encyclopedia presents a new take on the field of queer studies with its wide and inclusive range of entries, examining pathways for research into gender, sexuality and relationships. It covers significant developments in digital culture, globalization, identity, health and politics.
Contributing authors analyze the interdisciplinary nature of the field, recognizing how queer studies has evolved for over three decades and remains in constant flux. They engage with a broad range of topics and frameworks, including historical and contemporary theorizing, as well as emerging concepts that respond to the fast-changing practices of identity and belonging in current contexts. They also dissect important and often overlooked dimensions of queer studies, including key social movements, minorities and intersectionality.
Key Features:
● Over 100 historically-grounded entries describing recent developments and forward-looking insights
● Outlines significant updates in the field, focusing on cutting-edge terms and concepts in queer scholarship, culture and society
● Features perspectives from diverse disciplines including health, education, media and digital communication, culture, fashion and geography
The Elgar Encyclopedia of Queer Studies is invaluable to students and academics in cultural studies, human rights, family and gender politics, political science, social psychology, sociology and queer studies. Policymakers and professionals in the field will also find it to be a crucial resource.
Contributing authors analyze the interdisciplinary nature of the field, recognizing how queer studies has evolved for over three decades and remains in constant flux. They engage with a broad range of topics and frameworks, including historical and contemporary theorizing, as well as emerging concepts that respond to the fast-changing practices of identity and belonging in current contexts. They also dissect important and often overlooked dimensions of queer studies, including key social movements, minorities and intersectionality.
Key Features:
● Over 100 historically-grounded entries describing recent developments and forward-looking insights
● Outlines significant updates in the field, focusing on cutting-edge terms and concepts in queer scholarship, culture and society
● Features perspectives from diverse disciplines including health, education, media and digital communication, culture, fashion and geography
The Elgar Encyclopedia of Queer Studies is invaluable to students and academics in cultural studies, human rights, family and gender politics, political science, social psychology, sociology and queer studies. Policymakers and professionals in the field will also find it to be a crucial resource.
Critical Acclaim
‘This comprehensive collection of over one hundred short entries from a host of international scholars is more than an encyclopedia – it is a brilliant, incisive snapshot of the state of queer studies today. Illuminating topics as diverse as heteroflexibility, trans fertility and sexual citizenship, the Elgar Encyclopedia of Queer Studies is an invaluable resource for all interested in the field and a must for all libraries.’
– Michael Bronski, Harvard University, USA
‘This is an outstanding collection of new work, which introduces the curious reader to vibrant snapshots of the rich and innovative research being pioneered within queer studies today. Its view of the field is comprehensive and the Encyclopedia is likely to be a rich source for students and activists to draw upon for years to come. It would also make a brilliant gift!’
– Sally R. Munt, University of Sussex, UK
– Michael Bronski, Harvard University, USA
‘This is an outstanding collection of new work, which introduces the curious reader to vibrant snapshots of the rich and innovative research being pioneered within queer studies today. Its view of the field is comprehensive and the Encyclopedia is likely to be a rich source for students and activists to draw upon for years to come. It would also make a brilliant gift!’
– Sally R. Munt, University of Sussex, UK
Contents
Contents
1 Introduction to the Elgar
Encyclopedia of Queer Studies 1
Rob Cover and Christy E. Newman
2 Ageing 9
Louisa Smith and Rob Cover
3 Archives 11
Rob Cover
4 Asexuality 14
Ela Przybyło
5 Australia 20
Madi Day
6 BDSM studies 24
Robin Bauer
7 Bears 27
Nick McGlynn
8 Beauty 32
Hannah McCann
9 Berlant, Lauren 35
Anna Hickey-Moody
10 Bisexuality 38
Ruby Grant and Amber Loomis
11 Bullying 42
Eleanor Formby
12 Butler, Judith 46
Anita Brady
13 Chemsex cultures 50
João Florêncio
14 China 54
Shiyang Zhu, Jialing Pan and
Yingyi Luo
5 Cisnormativity 59
Scott Larson
16 Clinicians 63
Anthony K.J. Smith
17 Coming out in the
twenty-first century 67
Edmund Coleman-Fountain
18 Conversion therapy 70
Timothy Willem Jones
19 COVID-19 pandemic 74
Yvette Taylor
20 Criminology 79
Matthew Ball
21 Data studies 83
Mark D.M. Davis
22 Deepfakes and generative AI 86
Mark Vicars and Janine Aldous
Arantes
23 Digital games 89
Marc Ouellette
24 Digital intimacies 92
Amy Shields Dobson
25 Digital representation 96
F. Hollis Griffin
26 Digital storytelling and activism 99
Dom Adams-Santos
27 Disability 102
Christopher Bryant
28 Drag kings 106
Kerryn Drysdale
29 Drag queens 109
Mark Edward
30 East Asian sexualities and genders 112
Shawna Tang
31 Ecologies 116
Loren March, Jonathan Cane
and André Prado Fernandes
32 Embodiment 120
Tierney Marey
33 Emergent identities 123
Rob Cover
34 Ethics 127
Lucy Nicholas
35 Facial recognition technology 131
Páraic Kerrigan and
Marguerite Barry
36 Families and kinship 134
Danielle Napoli and Brad van
Eeden-Moorefield
37 Far-right violent extremism 138
Brandy Cochrane
38 Fashion 142
Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas
39 Femme theory 147
Lilith A. Whiley and Rhea A. Hoskin
40 Fictocriticism 150
Rosslyn Prosser
41 Film, television and
streaming media 153
Rob Cover, Whitney Monaghan,
Scott McKinnon and Stuart Richards
42 Foucault, Michel 158
Kane Race
43 Gendered pronouns 162
Ashley Reilly-Thornton
44 Geographies 164
Andrew McCartan
45 Halperin, David M. 168
Stephen Molldrem and Roger
Mathew Grant
46 Health 172
Christy E Newman and Anthony
K. J. Smith
47 Heteroflexibility 176
Eric Anderson and Henry Poole
48 Heteronormativity 179
Natacha Lapeyroux
49 HIV 182
Chase Ledin
50 Homelessness 186
Alex Abramovich
51 Homonormativity 189
Leesa Corbo and Rob Cover
52 Homophobia and discrimination 192
Ting-Fai Yu
53 Hook-up apps 195
Christopher Dietzel
54 Human rights 199
Clue Coman and Anthony K.J. Smith
55 Identity 203
Kay Siebler
56 Intersectionality 207
Ee Ling Quah
57 Intersex 210
David Andrew Griffiths
58 Intimate partner violence 214
Shannon Harvey
59 Latin America 218
Anahi Russo Garrido and
Gloria González-López
60 Literary studies 221
Duc Dau
61 Lorde, Audre 225
Jaya Keaney
62 Marriage equality 230
Shirleene Robinson
63 Men and queer masculinities 235
Jonathan A. Allan
64 Mental health 238
Brooke Brady and Catherine McHugh
65 Migration 242
Lukasz Krzyzowski
66 Misgendering 246
Ashley Reilly-Thornton
67 Mononormativity 249
Jessica Kean
68 Muñoz, José Esteban 252
André Prado Fernandes
69 Museums, galleries and
heritage sites 256
Nikki Sullivan and Craig Middleton
70 Musicology 260
Fred Maus
71 Neuroqueer theory 264
Nick Walker
72 Nightlife 268
Sam Miles
73 Nonbinary 271
Levi C.R. Hord
74 Performance 275
Maria Lönn
75 Political economy 279
Ellie Gore
76 Power 283
Leesa Corbo
77 PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) 286
Anthony K.J. Smith
78 Psychology 291
Dashawn M. Ealey and Kevin
L. Nadal
79 Queer methodologies 295
Claire Carter
80 Queer of color critique 299
Salvador Vidal-Ortiz
81 Queer theory 302
Whitney Monaghan
82 Race 306
Gilbert Caluya
83 Rape culture 311
Emmanuel Mayeza
84 Relationships 315
Christian Klesse
85 Religion 319
Chris Greenough
86 Role-playing games 323
Jaakko Stenros
87 Rural identities 326
Kathryn Rittenhour
88 Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky 329
Jessica Fletcher
89 Semiotics 331
Daniel Chandler
90 Sex work 336
Jordan Phillips
91 Sexual and reproductive health 340
Valeria Venditti
92 Sexual citizenship 345
Sujith Kumar Prankumar,
Stephen Robert Watson, Horas
Tze Hoo Wong and Muhammad
Naveed Noor
93 Sexuality education 348
Mary Lou Rasmussen and
Louisa Allen
94 Social movements 352
Rosa Targett
95 Space 356
Sam Miles
96 Sport 359
Ryan Storr
97 Storytelling 362
Rob Cover, Peta Murray and
Stayci Taylor
98 Suicide 365
Alexandre Baril
99 Teachers 369
Aoife Neary
100 Tourism 372
Clifford Lewis
101 Trans and gender-diverse
young people 375
Jessica Fletcher and Tiffany Jones
102 Trans fertility 379
Alex Ker
103 Translation studies 383
Robert Gillett
104 Transnational activism 387
Shutong (Ash) Chen
105 Youth and young people 391
Ritch C. Savin-Williams and
Kenneth M. Coh
1 Introduction to the Elgar
Encyclopedia of Queer Studies 1
Rob Cover and Christy E. Newman
2 Ageing 9
Louisa Smith and Rob Cover
3 Archives 11
Rob Cover
4 Asexuality 14
Ela Przybyło
5 Australia 20
Madi Day
6 BDSM studies 24
Robin Bauer
7 Bears 27
Nick McGlynn
8 Beauty 32
Hannah McCann
9 Berlant, Lauren 35
Anna Hickey-Moody
10 Bisexuality 38
Ruby Grant and Amber Loomis
11 Bullying 42
Eleanor Formby
12 Butler, Judith 46
Anita Brady
13 Chemsex cultures 50
João Florêncio
14 China 54
Shiyang Zhu, Jialing Pan and
Yingyi Luo
5 Cisnormativity 59
Scott Larson
16 Clinicians 63
Anthony K.J. Smith
17 Coming out in the
twenty-first century 67
Edmund Coleman-Fountain
18 Conversion therapy 70
Timothy Willem Jones
19 COVID-19 pandemic 74
Yvette Taylor
20 Criminology 79
Matthew Ball
21 Data studies 83
Mark D.M. Davis
22 Deepfakes and generative AI 86
Mark Vicars and Janine Aldous
Arantes
23 Digital games 89
Marc Ouellette
24 Digital intimacies 92
Amy Shields Dobson
25 Digital representation 96
F. Hollis Griffin
26 Digital storytelling and activism 99
Dom Adams-Santos
27 Disability 102
Christopher Bryant
28 Drag kings 106
Kerryn Drysdale
29 Drag queens 109
Mark Edward
30 East Asian sexualities and genders 112
Shawna Tang
31 Ecologies 116
Loren March, Jonathan Cane
and André Prado Fernandes
32 Embodiment 120
Tierney Marey
33 Emergent identities 123
Rob Cover
34 Ethics 127
Lucy Nicholas
35 Facial recognition technology 131
Páraic Kerrigan and
Marguerite Barry
36 Families and kinship 134
Danielle Napoli and Brad van
Eeden-Moorefield
37 Far-right violent extremism 138
Brandy Cochrane
38 Fashion 142
Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas
39 Femme theory 147
Lilith A. Whiley and Rhea A. Hoskin
40 Fictocriticism 150
Rosslyn Prosser
41 Film, television and
streaming media 153
Rob Cover, Whitney Monaghan,
Scott McKinnon and Stuart Richards
42 Foucault, Michel 158
Kane Race
43 Gendered pronouns 162
Ashley Reilly-Thornton
44 Geographies 164
Andrew McCartan
45 Halperin, David M. 168
Stephen Molldrem and Roger
Mathew Grant
46 Health 172
Christy E Newman and Anthony
K. J. Smith
47 Heteroflexibility 176
Eric Anderson and Henry Poole
48 Heteronormativity 179
Natacha Lapeyroux
49 HIV 182
Chase Ledin
50 Homelessness 186
Alex Abramovich
51 Homonormativity 189
Leesa Corbo and Rob Cover
52 Homophobia and discrimination 192
Ting-Fai Yu
53 Hook-up apps 195
Christopher Dietzel
54 Human rights 199
Clue Coman and Anthony K.J. Smith
55 Identity 203
Kay Siebler
56 Intersectionality 207
Ee Ling Quah
57 Intersex 210
David Andrew Griffiths
58 Intimate partner violence 214
Shannon Harvey
59 Latin America 218
Anahi Russo Garrido and
Gloria González-López
60 Literary studies 221
Duc Dau
61 Lorde, Audre 225
Jaya Keaney
62 Marriage equality 230
Shirleene Robinson
63 Men and queer masculinities 235
Jonathan A. Allan
64 Mental health 238
Brooke Brady and Catherine McHugh
65 Migration 242
Lukasz Krzyzowski
66 Misgendering 246
Ashley Reilly-Thornton
67 Mononormativity 249
Jessica Kean
68 Muñoz, José Esteban 252
André Prado Fernandes
69 Museums, galleries and
heritage sites 256
Nikki Sullivan and Craig Middleton
70 Musicology 260
Fred Maus
71 Neuroqueer theory 264
Nick Walker
72 Nightlife 268
Sam Miles
73 Nonbinary 271
Levi C.R. Hord
74 Performance 275
Maria Lönn
75 Political economy 279
Ellie Gore
76 Power 283
Leesa Corbo
77 PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) 286
Anthony K.J. Smith
78 Psychology 291
Dashawn M. Ealey and Kevin
L. Nadal
79 Queer methodologies 295
Claire Carter
80 Queer of color critique 299
Salvador Vidal-Ortiz
81 Queer theory 302
Whitney Monaghan
82 Race 306
Gilbert Caluya
83 Rape culture 311
Emmanuel Mayeza
84 Relationships 315
Christian Klesse
85 Religion 319
Chris Greenough
86 Role-playing games 323
Jaakko Stenros
87 Rural identities 326
Kathryn Rittenhour
88 Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky 329
Jessica Fletcher
89 Semiotics 331
Daniel Chandler
90 Sex work 336
Jordan Phillips
91 Sexual and reproductive health 340
Valeria Venditti
92 Sexual citizenship 345
Sujith Kumar Prankumar,
Stephen Robert Watson, Horas
Tze Hoo Wong and Muhammad
Naveed Noor
93 Sexuality education 348
Mary Lou Rasmussen and
Louisa Allen
94 Social movements 352
Rosa Targett
95 Space 356
Sam Miles
96 Sport 359
Ryan Storr
97 Storytelling 362
Rob Cover, Peta Murray and
Stayci Taylor
98 Suicide 365
Alexandre Baril
99 Teachers 369
Aoife Neary
100 Tourism 372
Clifford Lewis
101 Trans and gender-diverse
young people 375
Jessica Fletcher and Tiffany Jones
102 Trans fertility 379
Alex Ker
103 Translation studies 383
Robert Gillett
104 Transnational activism 387
Shutong (Ash) Chen
105 Youth and young people 391
Ritch C. Savin-Williams and
Kenneth M. Coh
