This lecture will consider what printed materials and the traces of queer print use can tell us about the history of gendered and sexual embodiment, as well as how books interact with us and with each other. Our discussion will feature people whose work has been typically excluded from the mainstream book trade and academic institutions due to gender, sexuality, race, or class—people who have found alternative venues in which to debate, document, and archive queer experience and their struggles for freedom. We will share how queer people have used materials such as science fiction, romance novels, cutout albums, pornographic zines, classified advertisements, posters, and pamphlets to describe queer sexuality and desire and to raise important questions about identity, kinship, and citizenship.
When? May 28, 2024, 4:15pm
Where? ES 203 (Johannisstr. 12-20)
This event is co-organized with the Chair of Book Studies at the English Department.