Queering the Non/humanNoreen Giffney, Myra J. Hird This interdisciplinary collection gathers together essays by international pioneering scholars in queer theory, critical theory, cultural studies and science studies who have written on topics as diverse as Christ, antichrist, dogs, starfish, werewolves, vampires, cartoons, the death drive and the 'queer' in queer theory. |
Contents
Levinasian Ethics | 10 |
How Queer Can You Go? Theory Normality and Normativity | 17 |
Incestuous Beginnings | 35 |
The Death Drive and the Human | 55 |
The Antichrists Gay Wedding | 79 |
Christs Humanities | 111 |
Queer Theory Meets Environmental | 137 |
The Werewolf as Queer the Queer as Werewolf | 159 |
Animal Trans | 227 |
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