{"product_id":"9781785780714","title":"Queer: A Graphic History","description":"\u003cp\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’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom identity politics and gender roles to privilege and exclusion, \u003ci\u003eQueer\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong 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 \u003ci\u003eWicked,\u003c\/i\u003e which reinterprets characters from \u003ci\u003eThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz,\u003c\/i\u003e or moments in \u003ci\u003eCasino Royale\u003c\/i\u003e when we’re invited to view James Bond with the kind of desiring gaze usually directed at female bodies in mainstream media.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Icon Books, Ltd. UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47046988923120,"sku":"9781785780714","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781785780714_p0.jpg?v=1763728702","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781785780714","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}