From the history of gay and lesbian studies to the emergence of video bars, from an interview with playwright Cherrie Moraga to a photo record of 1950s gay Los Angeles, these original essays tackle the past, present, and future of queer sexuality from all directions. Queer Frontiers brings together the most vital and energetic voices around; whether promising young scholar or veteran of gay activism, each contributor is helping to move the debate into uncharted territory.
Twenty-three scholars, artists, and critics forecast the impact of queer theory on the future of sexuality.
Arguing that queer theory is poised to transform society’s perception of gender itself, this thoroughly interdisciplinary anthology locates itself at the forefront of various debates both inside and outside the academy.
Most of the material included in this provocative anthology was first presented at a conference at the University of Southern California in March 1995. This important collection is meant “to signify those horizons of possibility, as yet incompletely demarcated and thus subject to revision and experimentation, that lie ahead, in a social and political environment whose power to oppress gay men, lesbians, and other sexual dissidents nonetheless still remains enormous and maddeningly depressing.”
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“This wide-ranging anthology takes us unexpected places and makes provocative connections. Queer Frontiers is a lively and stimulating contribution to ongoing cultural debates.”
—Neil Miller, author of Out of the Past
“In their sophisticated attention not only to sexuality but also to bodies, genders, identities, and the social spaces that structure how sexuality plays itself out, this host of fresh voices from the queer frontier provides an encouraging preview of the shape of queer studies in the decades ahead.”
—Susan Stryker, Stanford University
“The manifold futures as seen through the eyes of [these queer] scholars is thought provoking, in some cases startling, and well worth your time to read.”
—Lambda Literary Review