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Concept

queer history

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1.3K

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About

Queer history is an academic field and methodological approach that critically examines and reconstructs the past experiences, identities, communities, and cultural productions of individuals and groups whose genders and sexualities diverge from dominant heteronormative and cisnormative norms. It employs diverse sources and interpretive strategies to challenge conventional historical narratives, periodizations, and archival practices that have historically marginalized or erased non-normative sexualities and genders. The field's significance lies in recovering previously obscured histories, revealing the constructed nature of sexual and gender categories, and offering alternative perspectives on social, cultural, and political developments.

Top Authors

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AG

Western Sydney University

KB

University of Brighton

JK

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

VC

University of the West of England

MV

The Ohio State University

Top Institutions

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University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

New York University

New York, United States

York University

Toronto, Canada

The Ohio State University

Columbus, United States