Learning queer identity in the digital age / Kay Siebler.

This book explores, through specific analysis of media representations, personal interviews, and historical research, how the digital environment perpetuates harmful and limiting stereotypes of queerness. Siebler argues that heteronormativity has co-opted queer representations, largely in order to s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Siebler, Kay (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York [N.Y.] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Subjects:
Queer theory.
Gender identity.
Gender expression.
Sexual minorities.
Digital media > Social aspects.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Sociology.
Physical Description:xi, 201 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: LGBT Identity and Selling Queer
  • 1 Queerness in the Digital Environment
  • 2 Virtual Generation Gaps and By What Means "Community"
  • 3 Lesbian Chic in the Digital Age
  • 4 The Digital Swish of Gay Identity
  • 5 Transgender Transitions: Sex/Gender Binaries in the Digital Age
  • 6 Transqueer Representations: Educating Against the Binaries. .