{"product_id":"9781558610804","title":"Queer Ideas","description":"\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn essential text documenting the foundation and rise of queer theory.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe David R. Kessler Lectures, established in 1992 by CLAGS: Center for LGBTQ Studies at CUNY, represent the cutting edge of queer studies in the United States. Years before LGBTQ studies had found a foothold in American academia, the Kessler Lectures celebrated dynamic and diverse inquiries into queer thought, community, and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTwenty years after its initial publication, \u003ci\u003eQueer Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e collects the first ten historic Kessler Lectures by influential scholars, writers, and activists including Cherríe Moraga, Samuel R. Delany, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, and Barbara Smith, with a new foreword by philosopher and Kessler honoree Judith Butler. Alongside the second volume, \u003ci\u003eQueer Then and Now: The David R. Kessler Lectures, 2002–2020\u003c\/i\u003e, this revised edition of \u003ci\u003eQueer Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e traces the early foundations of the field and provides a new opportunity to revisit an essential collection of queer and trans thought.\u003cfont color=\"#000000\" face=\"Calibri, sans-serif\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"CLAGS: Center for LGBTQ Studies","offers":[{"title":"The Feminist Press at CUNY |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-11-24","offer_id":44230083608831,"sku":"9781558610804","price":41.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_4595f81b-9a59-4f1f-a5be-1bffcc1d32a7.jpg?v=1700681738","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781558610804","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}