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Queer theory is the perspective that questions the perception that cisgender and heterosexual identities are in any sense standard. It revisits such fields as literary analysis, philosophy, and politics with a "queer" approach.Queer theory is a field of post-structuralist critical theory that emerged in the early 1990s out of queer studies (often, formerly, gay and lesbian studies) and women's studies. The term queer theory can have various meanings depending upon its usage, but has been broadly associated with the study and theorization of gender and sexual practices that exist outside of heterosexuality, and which challenge the notion that heterosexual desire is "normal". Following social constructivist developments in sociology, queer theorists are often critical of what they consider essentialist views of sexuality and gender. Instead, they study those concepts as social and cultural phenomena, often through an analysis of the categories, binaries, and language in which they are said to be portrayed. Source: Wikipedia (en)

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