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{{Short description|Field of critical theory}}
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'''Queer theory''' is the perspective that questions the perception that [[cisgender]] and [[heterosexual]] identities are in any sense standard. It revisits such fields as [[literary analysis]], [[philosophy]], and [[politics]] with a "queer" approach
Queer theory is a field of [[post-structuralist]] [[critical theory]]<ref>{{cite journal |last=Ranjan |first=Ritesh |year=2019 |title=QUEER THEORY: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ITS IMPLICATION IN ART HISTORICAL READINGS |journal=International Journal of Current Innovation Research and Studies |volume=2 |issue=2 |url=http://www.ijciras.com/PublishedPaper/IJCIRAS1287.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Theory |url=https://www.sexualdiversity.org/edu/theory/ |website=sexualdiversity.org |date=January 2019 |quote=Queer theory is a field of post-structuralist critical theory that emerged in the early 1990s out of the fields of queer studies and women's studies. |access-date=2023-08-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=What is Queer Theory? |url=https://libraryguides.fullerton.edu/c.php?g=1134908&p=8436083 |website=California State University, Fullerton Library |quote=Queer theory is a critical theory that examines and critiques society's definitions of gender and sexuality, with the goal of revealing the social and power structures at play in our everyday lives. |access-date=2023-08-25}}</ref> that emerged in the early 1990s out of [[queer studies]] (often, formerly, gay and lesbian studies) and [[women's studies]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chandler |first1=Daniel |last2=Munday |first2=Rod |title=A Dictionary of Media and Communication |date=1 January 2011 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-956875-8 |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199568758.001.0001/acref-9780199568758-e-2220 |chapter=queer theory }}</ref> The term ''queer theory'' can have various meanings depending upon its usage, but has been broadly associated with the study and theorization of gender and sexual practices that exist outside of [[heterosexuality]], and which challenge [[Heteronormativity|the notion that heterosexual desire is "normal"]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Warner |first1=Michael |title=Fear of a queer planet: queer politics and social theory |date=2011 |publisher=University of Minnesota Press |isbn=978-0-8166-2334-1 |oclc=934391034 }}{{page needed|date=July 2022}}</ref> Following [[Social constructivism|social constructivist]] developments in [[sociology]], queer theorists are often critical of what they consider [[Essentialism|essentialist]] views of [[Human sexuality|sexuality]] and [[gender]]. Instead, they study those concepts as social and cultural phenomena, often through an analysis of the categories, binaries, and language in which they are said to be portrayed.
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