In the book “Mad for Foucault: Rethinking the Foundations of Queer Theory”, Lynne Huffer teases out exciting new aspects of Foucault thoughts. She then rethinks and rewrites the theorists ethical work after these discoveries. In this book Huffer writes that Foucault recasts the Western rationalism as a project that both produces and represses sexual deviant, calling out the complicity of modern science and the exclusionary nature of family morality (Huffer, 2009). Sampling from unpublished interviews and other materials that has been archived, Huffer uses her experience together with Foucault, to intimately rework the problem of sexuality as a product of reason (Huffer, 2009).
One of the most talked about scholarly works is Judith Butler´s …show more content…
In this book he discusses the role of same-sex marriage should not be the goal for gay rights activists. When gay activists insist on equal benefits as same as straight people, the book argues that it stigmatizes queer people who choose other types of relationships. Meaning that the activist should not just focus on just legally be married, but not to ignore the legal benefits that could help the entire community. He claims that the queer rights movement should abandon the pursuit of being normal; in favor of campaigning for the recognition of wider diversities of sexual expression as dignified (Warner, 1999). The idea of being normal as he discusses is an uneven distribution of sexual shame that restrains lives, while the results is the negative consequences which includes the risk of violence and disease. In his final chapter, “The Politics of Shame and HIV Prevention”, Warner confronts the statement made by other gay others like Larry Kramer, which sexual irresponsibility is to blame for continuing cases of HIV infection. On the contrary, by banishing those that is in at risk communities and restricting access to condoms and safer advice around sexual activity, and the political use of shame to stigmatize certain kind of sexual activity for homosexuals, will put more people …show more content…
Drag can be considered central to queer theory itself since it has ascended in contemporary academic theoretical venues as the singular approach to gay and lesbian studies. Contreras explains that drag symbolizes many important and conflicted questions regarding the modern urban queer identities and gay male identities in particular. The drag queen can represent a lively fixture in a gay parade or a homophobic representation in mass culture. In this book he wrote some statements about drag that function as queer common
One of the most talked about scholarly works is Judith Butler´s …show more content…
In this book he discusses the role of same-sex marriage should not be the goal for gay rights activists. When gay activists insist on equal benefits as same as straight people, the book argues that it stigmatizes queer people who choose other types of relationships. Meaning that the activist should not just focus on just legally be married, but not to ignore the legal benefits that could help the entire community. He claims that the queer rights movement should abandon the pursuit of being normal; in favor of campaigning for the recognition of wider diversities of sexual expression as dignified (Warner, 1999). The idea of being normal as he discusses is an uneven distribution of sexual shame that restrains lives, while the results is the negative consequences which includes the risk of violence and disease. In his final chapter, “The Politics of Shame and HIV Prevention”, Warner confronts the statement made by other gay others like Larry Kramer, which sexual irresponsibility is to blame for continuing cases of HIV infection. On the contrary, by banishing those that is in at risk communities and restricting access to condoms and safer advice around sexual activity, and the political use of shame to stigmatize certain kind of sexual activity for homosexuals, will put more people …show more content…
Drag can be considered central to queer theory itself since it has ascended in contemporary academic theoretical venues as the singular approach to gay and lesbian studies. Contreras explains that drag symbolizes many important and conflicted questions regarding the modern urban queer identities and gay male identities in particular. The drag queen can represent a lively fixture in a gay parade or a homophobic representation in mass culture. In this book he wrote some statements about drag that function as queer common