As if! : queer criticism across difference /

"As If! excavates the post-structuralist, anti-identitarian genealogies of queer studies to develop a mode of auto-theoretical scholarly writing which Chase Gregory call "as if!" criticism. Returning to early queer literary theorists, Gregory sees "as if!" criticism as emplo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gregory, Chase, 1990- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Durham : Duke University Press, 2025.
Series:	Theory Q.
Subjects:	Gay authors > United States > History and criticism. Lesbian authors > History and criticism. Criticism. Queer theory. Homosexuality and literature. Identity (Psychology) in literature. Deconstruction. Literature and race. Gender identity in literature. Écrivaines lesbiennes > Histoire et critique. Critique. Théorie queer. Homosexualité et littérature. Identité (Psychologie) dans la littérature. Déconstruction. Littérature et race. Identité de genre dans la littérature. deconstruction (theory) Literary criticism. Critiques littéraires.

Table of Contents:

Reading and Writing As If!
Miscarrying On
Barbara Johnson's Passing
Shock Therapy
Gay-Male-Oriented and Now
On Recognition.