Queer theory

1. Topic : Queer theory
•Name: pipavat Gopi
•Class : M.A sem-2
•Roll no :27
•Submitted to : Department of
English M.K Bhavnagar uni.

3. •About Queer theory :
•Most of queer theorist will not
seek to define it, because it’s a
constant state of mind.
•Historically, queer theory is rooted
sexuality studies but it address
many other issue.

4. •What is queer theory?
•Queer = unity + diversity
•Queer as inclusive of gay
& lesbian, bisexual &
transgender
communities.
•Queer theorists
challenge the idea of
choosing certain
paneled groups for
people based on a
lifestyle choice.

5. •It includes various parts
of criticism:
•Queer theory deals with much more
than just sex.
•It encourage us to ask ourselves this
question that who am i?
•It also teaches us to look every literary
genre with a new set of critical eyes.

6. The root of queer theory:
• The word “queer” was
used to describe
homosexual males.
• Queer theory only came
in 1990 and it is distinct
from G L studies and
feminism.
• It does not focus on
certain group of people
but highlights sexual
differences among all
people.

7. •Judith butler :
• Butler is well known
theorist. she theorized
about power, gender,
sexuality and identity
• She released a book
called “Gender trouble”
• In which she suggest
that gender is not the
result of nature but is
socially constracted.

8. •Main stream..
• Television upholds mainstream values
(dominant ideology)and ‘normalize’ them)
• As an intellectual extension of the gay,
lesbian, bisexual & transgender
movement, it is still seeking to improve
upon the misrepresentation and lack of
representation of diverse perspectives in
mass media.

9. •For example:
•In the film ‘Billy Eliot’ although it was
a positive film about the expression
of Billy but there was still characters
which showed negative towards the
main character Billy: