Offering a concise yet comprehensive introduction to gender theory, this thought-provoking new book aims to make an intervention into the contemporary American paradigm of thinking gender and sexuality and offers a powerful challenge to the paradigm of social constructionism. Within each gender paradigm there are unacknowledged truths. The controversial claim of this book is that queer theory and intersectionality – and, more broadly, the social constructionist paradigm – have reached a limit.
Key Features
- Concise introduction to gender theory.
- Aims to challenge the contemporary American paradigm of thinking gender and sexuality.
- Explores the limitations of queer theory and intersectionality.
- Part of the popular Routledge Focus on Mental Health series.
- Valuable for students and teachers in gender and sexuality studies.
Additional Information
Indeed, it is possible that they are becoming regressive political gestures. However, there are possibilities of moving forward in this new area of transformation and Rousselle claims that a new logic of gender invention is opening up a new paradigm of thought. This book will also be an important attempt to think beyond those paradigms and theories.
