Queer Theory

This chapter offers an account of central issues and themes in queer theory, with particular attention to the challenges it has posed to the concepts of normativity, identity, and the category of “woman.” It explores queer theory’s emergence from lesbian and gay studies, and considers its relation to feminist philosophy and trans theory. The chapter outlines the founding contributions of Judith Butler and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, along with several other influential queer theorists, and traces the concept of heteronormativity from its central place in queer theory’s earliest works to more recent reconsiderations.

El Performance De La Masculinidad: ¿Acción O Actuación?

ResumenEl artí­culo presenta un debate entre el enfoque fenomenológico del performance de Erving Goffman y la visión posestructuralista de la performatividad de Judith Butler, a propósito de la expresión del género en un grupo de hombres homosexuales mexicanos designados bears. A través de la realización de entrevistas semiestructuradas y etnografí­as participantes, se buscó conocer los modos en los que los bears mexicanos se definen a sí­ mismos y cómo conforman y transforman la comunidad de la que son parte. Este texto se finalizó en octubre de 2019 y la tesis de la cual deriva contó con el apoyo del Conacyt y el PAEP de la UNAM.Palabras clave: Performance, performatividad, masculinidad, identidad, estudios gay. AbstractThe article presents a debate between the phenomenological approach of Goffman's performance and the post-structuralist vision of Butler's performativity, regarding the expression of gender in a group of Mexican homosexual men named bears. Through the conduct of semi-structured interviews and participant ethnographies, it was sought to know the ways in which Mexican bears define themselves and how they make up and transform the community of which they are part. This text was finalized in October 2019 and the thesis from which it derives was supported by Conacyt and the PAEP of UNAM.Keywords: Performance, performativity, masculinity, identity, gay studies. [1] Profesor de la Facultad de Ciencias Humanas de la Universidad La Salle Pachuca. Maestro en Comunicación y Doctor en Ciencias Polí­ticas y Sociales por la UNAM.