{"product_id":"9781785780714-queer-a-graphic-hist","title":"Queer: A Graphic History","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBarker and Scheele invite you to question the status quo and to start seeing things more queerly. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Queer: A Graphic History Could Totally Change the Way You Think About Sex and Gender' \u003ci\u003eVice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eActivist-academic Meg-John Barker and cartoonist Jules Scheele illuminate the histories of queer thought and LGBTQ+ action in this groundbreaking non-fiction graphic novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom identity politics and gender roles to privilege and exclusion, Queer explores how we came to view sex, gender and sexuality in the ways that we do; how these ideas get tangled up with our culture and our understanding of biology, psychology and sexology; and how these views have been disputed and challenged.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong the way we look at key landmarks which shift our perspective of what's 'normal' - Alfred Kinsey's view of sexuality as a spectrum, Judith Butler's view of gendered behaviour as a performance, the play Wicked, or moments in Casino Royale when we're invited to view James Bond with the kind of desiring gaze usually directed at female bodies in mainstream media.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresented in a brilliantly engaging and witty style, this is a unique portrait of the universe of queer thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40404281852001,"sku":"9781785780714","price":14.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/1e08e33675caa7eaa79be0505b77d0d9.jpg?v=1664456995","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781785780714-queer-a-graphic-hist","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}