The Cambridge Introduction to Queer and Trans Studies (Cambridge Introductions to Literature)

Product description Review 'Mark Rifkin has done it! He has written a truly outstanding introduction to queer and trans studies that is actually readable for undergraduates and offers specialists a treasure trove of insight and new ways of conceptualizing and framing the field. It will be the definitive introductory text for many years to come and is a true gem for any syllabus.' Benjamin A. Kahan, Professor of English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at LSU'Positing queer and trans studies, not as diagnostics for identity, but as critical analytics for understanding their function in a hostile world, this vital text historicizes the conceptual and theoretical terrain. Thoughtfully organized, and accessibly written, it offers students and scholars incisive strategies for reading the provocative questions and generative concerns that have made these fields indispensable sites for academic inquiry. Positing queer and trans studies, not as diagnostics for identity, but as critical analytics for understanding their function in a hostile world, this vital text historicizes the ground, offering students and scholars incisive strategies for reading the questions and concerns that have made these fields indispensable sites for academic inquiry.' Juana María Rodríguez, Professor at UC Berkeley, Department of Ethnic Studies Book Description The book provides a detailed analysis of important work in queer and trans studies over the past thirty years. About the Author Mark Rifkin is Professor of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University at Buffalo. He is the author of eight other books, including The Politics of Kinship: Race, Family, Governance (2024), Beyond Settler Time: Temporal Sovereignty and Indigenous Self-Determination (2017), and When Did Indians Become Straight?: Kinship, the History of Sexuality, and Native Sovereignty (2011). His work has won a number of national awards, including the John Hope Franklin Prize for best book in American Studies, the Subsequent Book Prize from the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, and the Best Special Issue award from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals. He also has served as president of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association. Read more