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Article: A Companion to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies.(QUEER THEORY)(Book review)
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- Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources
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- March 22, 2008
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George E. Haggerty & Molly McGarry, eds., A Companion to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and queer studies. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2007. 496p. $174.95, ISBN 978-1405113298.
Reviewed by Eric W. Trekell
It would be misleading on my part if I didn't confess that I not only dread but actively avoid picking up volumes on theory, whether queer or otherwise. I've comfortably settled on the belief that, unlike some people's brains, mine simply isn't hardwired for what I think of as the density of thought often presented in such volumes, and I see myself as much more a politically minded "practitioner" than a theorist. That makes it dangerous for me to ...