{"product_id":"queer-a-graphic-history","title":"Queer: A Graphic History","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eActivist-academic Meg John Barker and cartoonist Julia Scheele illuminate the histories of queer thought and LGBTQ+ action in this groundbreaking non-fiction graphic novel. A kaleidoscope of characters from the diverse worlds of pop-culture, film, activism and academia guide us on a journey through the ideas, people and events that have shaped 'queer theory'.\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\nFrom identity politics and gender roles to privilege and exclusion,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eQueer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexplores 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.\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\nAlong the way we look at key landmarks which shift our perspective of what's 'normal', such as Alfred Kinsey's view of sexuality as a spectrum between heterosexuality and homosexuality, Judith Butler's view of gendered behavior as a performance, the play\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWicked,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewhich reinterprets characters from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eor moments in\u003ci\u003eCasino Royale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewhen we're invited to view James Bond with the kind of desiring gaze usually directed at female bodies in mainstream media.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthors: Meg-John Barker and Julia Scheele\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Icon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21273870401654,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0048\/7669\/7718\/products\/Photo_Nov_27_11_53_40_AM.jpg?v=1543352228","url":"https:\/\/winkwinkboutique.com\/products\/queer-a-graphic-history","provider":"WinkWink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}