| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 88.3

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Book Review

A Genealogy of Queer Theory. By William B. Turner. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2000. xvi, 256 pp. Cloth, $69.50, ISBN 1-56639-786-3. Paper, $22.95, ISBN 1-56639-787-1.)

The title of this book reveals much of its agenda. The words genealogy, queer, and theory reveal that it is engaged with Michel Foucault, that its topic is that amorphous movement of post–lesbian-and-gay civil rights founded upon reclaiming the formerly (and still occasionally) horrific term "queer," and that its particular focus is upon the academic wing of that movement. In examining these concerns, William B. Turner provides an entrée into the realm of queer theory that is both accessible and critical. Indeed, unlike some similarly titled books, this one will work well for undergraduates, who should also read the many works Turner so carefully summarizes. This book will work, as well, for budding critics within history and literature and for those intellectuals at the margin of the academy who wish to understand our trends and challenge the strictures of our culture. . . .

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