Queering Norway
Queering Norway by Pål Bjørby, published by Routledge in 2007, is a collection of articles that explore the influential role of queer theory in challenging the dominance of heterosexuality within cultural and academic contexts. This edition, comprising 223 pages, is presented in English and offers insights from various disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, and gender studies, reflecting on the complexities of sexuality and identity in Norway.
Readers will find that the contributors engage with the pressing questions posed by queer theory, aiming to articulate a nuanced understanding of social relations in contemporary society. The articles collectively seek to develop a language that acknowledges the coexistence of diverse identities, emphasizing the importance of the in-between spaces where differences are not hierarchically arranged. This work not only addresses specific issues within Norway but also resonates with broader discussions relevant to LGBTQ+ studies and social customs.
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The articles in this collection indicate the still powerful role of queer theory in questioning the political, social, cultural, institutional hegemony of heterosexuality in culture and society at large as well as in academic research institutions. Written from the perspective of the northern European periphery, Queering Norway specifically reflects the challenges queer theory poses for ways of thinking about sexuality and identity in Norway. At the same time, the questions raised in the articles have wide relevance. From within their various fields (sociology, anthropology, ethnology, archeology, linguistics, psychology, media studies and religious studies) the writers attempt to develop a language enabling them to recognize the multiple social relations possible in contemporary societies, a language in which neither “queer” nor “homosexual” ousts the other, but in which the goal is to work, read, and write in the in-between spaces where no single difference is elevated above any other.
This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Homosexuality.
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