Playing with Fire

Thinking Gender

by Shane Phelan (editor)

The last five years have witnessed the birth of a vibrant new group of young scholars who are writing about queer law, politics, and policy--topics which are no longer treated as of interest only to lesbians and gay men, but which now garner the attention of political theorists of all stripes. Playing With Fire --the first scholarly collection on queer politics by US political theorists--opens the intersection of lesbian and gay studies and political theory to a wide audience. It covers a wide range of issues, the theory of queer identities; the contrasts among ethnic, racial, and sexual identities; the debate between liberals and communitarians; the right to privacy; and the meaning of equal citizenship.

Genres: Queer Studies, Queer, Nonfiction

296 pages, Paperback

First published January 14, 1997

Reviews

[Ezra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pages dog-eared: 18
Highlighters killed: 2

This book is an incredible and nuanced collection of queer theory. The concepts it contains are groundbreaking and powerful despite being written before the turn of the century. The only issues I have with it are the high-level academic writing style and the outdated terminology - but it is a somewhat old book intended for a university-level audience, so both those faults are understandable.

Overall, I highly recommend this book.