Queer Theory

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A LEVEL Communication and Culture Mind Map on Queer Theory, created by jodiebawden1 on 19/03/2014.
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Queer Theory
  1. The idea that identity is not fixed and does not determine who we are.
    1. Judith Butler
      1. Argues that sex (male or female) is seen to cause gender (masculine or feminine) which is then seen to cause desire (towards the other gender)
        1. Biological Determinism
      2. Michel Foucault
        1. people do not have a real identity, instead it is a discourse they use to talk about themselves. An identity is communicated by interaction but its not fixed and is constantly shifting.
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