Troubling the canon: bisexuality and queer theory

This essay explores the notion that bisexuality and contemporary bisexual political movements both align and trouble canons of queer theories of sexuality and gender. This project provides an historical review and assessment of recent bisexual theorizing to highlight key themes in its evolution as w...

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Published in:Journal of homosexuality 2006-01, Vol.52 (1-2), p.159-184
Main Authors: Gammon, Mark A, Isgro, Kirsten L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
Bisexuality
Body
Cultural studies
Epistemology
Everyday life
Sexuality
Subjectivity
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Summary:This essay explores the notion that bisexuality and contemporary bisexual political movements both align and trouble canons of queer theories of sexuality and gender. This project provides an historical review and assessment of recent bisexual theorizing to highlight key themes in its evolution as well as a discussion of how these themes have shaped the relationship of bisexuality and queer theory. Drawing on this assessment and a wider discussion of GLBT scholarship, we invite critical inquiry regarding the implications of bisexual theorizing on queer theory and vice versa. We address questions of bisexual epistemologies, its discursive roles within queer theory, and its impact on queer politics and organizing. Nothing bisexuality's absence in much of this research and scholarship, we suggest these projects have been limited in their ability to fully and effectively address sexual subjectivity both in theory and in its everyday lived experience. Reprinted by permission of Routledge, Taylor and Francis
ISSN:0091-8369
DOI:10.1300/J082v52n01UL07