Harrington Park Press

Queer Studies: Beyond Binaries:

• Engages undergraduates with a narrative that applies key ideas to their own lives and experiences.
• Questions various binaries (“either/or” pairings) to help students examine their own sexual identity and gender expression.
• Reviews foundational concepts from queer theory and queer history to create a deeper understanding of the concepts.
• Emphasizes an intersectionality approach that demonstrates how one’s identity is the product of multiple characteristics such as sexuality, gender, race, class, and dis/ability.
• Uses a multidisciplinary approach drawing from the social and natural sciences, humanities, and arts to provide a broad overview of perspectives.
• Details an individual or an event in Spotlight on sections to highlight the experiences of queer people.
• Provides questions for class discussion or field activities in Issues for Investigation sections that apply the ideas covered in the chapter.
• Allows instructors to shape the class with different foci using the stand-alone chapters in Part III.
• Features an Instructor’s Resource Manual available to adopters with 20+ PowerPoint slides for each chapter, sample syllabi for a variety of courses, teaching tips for using the Spotlight On and Issues for Investigation sections and the suggested readings, a test bank with objective and essay questions, and student aids such as keywords, chapter outlines and summaries, and learning objectives.

Designed for undergraduate courses in Queer or LGBT+ Studies requiring no prerequisites, Queer Studies: Beyond Binaries also serves as an excellent supplement in courses on queer theory or history, or on sexuality, gender, and women’s studies.