Deviations is the definitive collection of writing by Gayle S. Rubin, a pioneering theorist and activist in feminist, lesbian and gay, queer, and sexuality studies since the 1970s. Rubin first rose to prominence in 1975 with the publication of The Traffic in Women, an essay that had a galvanizing effect on feminist thinking and theory. In another landmark piece, Thinking Sex, she examined how certain sexual behaviors are constructed as moral or natural, and others as unnatural. That essay became one of queer theory s foundational texts. Along with such canonical work, Deviations...
Deviations is the definitive collection of writing by Gayle S. Rubin, a pioneering theorist and activist in feminist, lesbian and gay, queer, a...
Gayle Rubin laid the foundation for queer theory as a graduate student at Michigan in the early '70s. She is one of the most important queer and feminist theorists, among activists as well as in the academy. This title collects her essays covering topics ranging from BDSM to feminist debates on pornography and sex to lesbian and gay history.
Gayle Rubin laid the foundation for queer theory as a graduate student at Michigan in the early '70s. She is one of the most important queer and femin...
