Awards

• Commended for Lambda Literary Awards (Bisexual Nonfiction) 2012

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Author:   Jonathan Alexander (University of California, Irvine, USA) ,  Serena Anderlini-D'Onofrio (University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.690kg
ISBN:  

9780415686716

ISBN 10:   0415686717
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   23 November 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Bisexuality and Queer Theory: Intersections, Diversions, and Connections, Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio and Jonathan Alexander Part I: Theories 2. Playing with Butler and Foucault: Bisexuality and Queer Theory, April S. Callis 3. Queerying Theory and Politics: The Epistemic (Dis)Location of Bisexuality within Queer Theory, Maria Gurevich, Helen Bailey and Jo Bower 4. Reclaiming Sexual Difference: What Queer Theory Can’t Tell Us About Sexuality, Susan Feldman 5. Bisexuality In Psychoanalytic Theory: Interpreting the Resistance, Esther Rapoport Part II: Readings 6. Queering Queer Theory, or Why Bisexuality, Matters, Laura Erickson-Schroth and Jennifer Mitchell 7. Refusing Butler’s Binary: Bisexuality and Performative Melancholia in Mrs. Dalloway, Nowell Marshall 8. Plural Happiness: Bi- and Poly-Triangulation in Balasko’s French Twist, Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio Part III: Socialities 9. ‘All the world is queer save thee and me…’: Defining Queer and Bi at a Critical Sexology Seminar, Meg Barker, Christina Richards and Hellen Bowes-Catton 10. Adjusting the Borders: Bisexual Passing and Queer Theory, Jessa Lingel 11. Compulsory Bisexuality? The Challenges of Modern Sexual Fluidity, Breanna Fahs Part IV: Responses 12. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Bisexual, David Halperin

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Jonathan Alexander is Professor of English and Chancellor's Fellow at the University of California, Irvine, USA. His books include Finding Out: An Introduction to LGBT Studies (2008, with Deborah Meem and Michelle Gibson) and Literacy, Sexuality and Pedagogy: Theory and Practice for Composition Studies (2008). Serena Anderlini-D'Onofrio is a scholar, writer, activist, teacher, and cultural theorist.a Her book of ecosexual theory, Gaia and the New Politics of Love is a 2010 Nautilus Winner. She is editor of BiTopia (2011, with Brian Zamboni), Bisexuality and Queer Theory (2010, with Jonathan Alexander), Plural Loves: Designs for Bi and Poly Living (2005), and Women and Bisexuality: A Global Perspective (2003). Her memoir, Eros: A Journey of Multiple Loves, was a 2007 Lambda finalist. She is Professor of Humanities at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez.

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