Imagining Queer Methods

Amin Ghaziani

ISBN 10: 1479821020 / ISBN 13: 9781479821020

Published by New York University Press, US, 2019

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Reimagines the field of queer studies by asking "How do we do queer theory?" Imagining Queer Methods showcases the methodological renaissance unfolding in queer scholarship. This volume brings together emerging and esteemed researchers from all corners of the academy who are defining new directions for the field. From critical race studies, history, journalism, lesbian feminist studies, literature, media studies, and performance studies to anthropology, education, psychology, sociology, and urban planning, this impressive interdisciplinary collection covers topics such as humanistic approaches to reading, theorizing, and interpreting, as well as scientific appeals to measurement, modeling, sampling, and statistics. By bringing together these diverse voices into an unprecedented single volume, Amin Ghaziani and Matt Brim inspire us with innovative ways of thinking about methods and methodologies in queer studies.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Imagining Queer Methods
• Publisher: New York University Press, US
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1479821020
• ISBN 13: 9781479821020
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 626 grams

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Synopsis

Reimagines the field of queer studies by asking “How do we do queer theory?”
Imagining Queer Methods showcases the methodological renaissance unfolding in queer scholarship. This volume brings together emerging and esteemed researchers from all corners of the academy who are defining new directions for the field.
From critical race studies, history, journalism, lesbian feminist studies, literature, media studies, and performance studies to anthropology, education, psychology, sociology, and urban planning, this impressive interdisciplinary collection covers topics such as humanistic approaches to reading, theorizing, and interpreting, as well as scientific appeals to measurement, modeling, sampling, and statistics.
By bringing together these diverse voices into an unprecedented single volume, Amin Ghaziani and Matt Brim inspire us with innovative ways of thinking about methods and methodologies in queer studies.

About the Authors

Amin Ghaziani is Professor of Sociology and Canada Research Chair in Sexuality and Urban Studies at the University of British Columbia. He is author or co-editor of A Decade of HAART, The Dividends of Dissent, There Goes the Gayborhood?, and Sex Cultures.

Matt Brim is Associate Professor of Queer Studies and Academic Director of the Faculty Fellowship Publication Program at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. He is the author of James Baldwin and the Queer Imagination and Poor Queer Studies:Confronting Elitism in the University (Duke, 2021) and co-editor of Imagining Queer Methods (NYUP 2019).