Since queer theory originated in the early 1990s, its insights and
modes of analysis have been taken up by scholars across the
humanities and social sciences. In "After Sex?" prominent
contributors to the development of queer studies offer personal
reflections on the field's history, accomplishments, potential, and
limitations. They consider the purpose of queer theory and the
extent to which it is or is not defined by its engagement with sex
and sexuality. For many of the contributors, a broad notion of
sexuality is essential to queer thought. At the same time, some of
them caution against creating an all-embracing idea of queerness,
because it empties the term "queer" of meaning and assumes the
universality of ideas developed in the North American academy. Some
essays recall the political urgency of the late 1980s and early
1990s, when gay and lesbian activist and queer theory projects
converged in response to the AIDS crisis. Other pieces exemplify
more recent trends in queer critique, including the turn to affect
and the debates surrounding the "antisocial thesis," which
associates queerness with the repudiation of heteronormative forms
of belonging. Contributors discuss queer theory's engagement with
questions of transnationality and globalization, temporality and
historical periodization. Meditating on the past and present of
queer studies, "After Sex?" illuminates its future.
"Contributors." Lauren Berlant, Leo Bersani, Michael Cobb, Ann
Cvetkovich, Lee Edelman, Richard Thompson Ford, Carla Freccero,
Elizabeth Freeman, Jonathan Goldberg, Janet Halley, Neville Hoad,
Joseph Litvak, Heather Love, Michael Lucey, Michael Moon, Jose
Esteban Munoz, Jeff Nunokawa, Andrew Parker, Elizabeth A.
Povinelli, Richard Rambuss, Erica Rand, Bethany Schneider, Eve
Kosofsky Sedgwick, Kate Thomas
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