Feminism is Queer: The Intimate Connection Between Queer and Feminist Theory by Mimi Marinucci

Feminism is Queer: The Intimate Connection Between Queer and Feminist Theory Reviews

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  Manuel

  Loved this book since the beginning! I would highly recommend this book to everyone who wants to have a good time, specially on this specific genre, there was a few things that iwould have changed in this book but that happens most of the times i read books so it's not such a big deal. Loved it, thats all i've gotta say. Well deserved five stars.
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  Sarah Kaddoura

  Perfect as an introductory guide.
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  Denise Sudbeck

  This book is essentially an introductory survey as other reviewers have commented. Hopefully it might peak interest in further study but will hardly make anybody really knowledgeable. One more innovative section is the very last chapter re: allies. I would have marked it 3 1/2 stars if I had that option.
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  Meriel Colenutt

  Concise and useful for understanding both feminism and queer theory
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  Tami

  This should be a very easy read for anyone who has studied theory before. If you are new to "theory speak" you may find it a bit more challenging, but overall it's quite approachable. The book is very short (the last quarter is an appendix and there are multi-page notes sections at the end of every chapter, so it is significantly shorter than the pages would imply) and serves mainly as an overview of the socially constructed nature of gender/ binaries, the various types of feminism, how they relate to queer theory, and the direction forward when both are considered.
  
  I was a Women Studies minor in college and have looked into queer theory a bit on my own, so I did not find a lot of new material in this book. It would make an excellent addition to a college syllabus: it lends itself well to being broken into sections, or it could easily be used as a starting point for student research. It may also be helpful to cis-identified people who hope to better understand the queer community.
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  Lori

  This reinforced some notions I already held about gender, sex, sexuality, and social (and philosophical) responses to all of these. It also made me question some ideas that I had previously been pretty sure of. Most importantly, Marinucci's book, in precise, carefully considered language, introduced me to concepts that were completely new to me, spurring me to write a friend who teaches a class on Queer Sociology to get some clarification.
  
  I had originally picked this text up to find some new perspectives to include in an article I'm writing about a film on an intersex adolescent, but instead of skimming for useful gems, I ended up reading (and rereading parts of) the whole thing. It made me rethink my own positions and even reconsider my own categorizations.
  
  Highly recommended.
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  Nikki

  I hadn't read a book that explicitly connected feminist and queer theory yet, so I was glad to have the chance to grab this one. It reads like a textbook, so if you go into it looking for something along the style of the essays that are being published, you might end up unhappy. There is a focus on both feminism and queer theory, and then a drawing of the two together. Each chapter has the references, notes, and resources listed at the end of the chapter, which I didn't mind. I feel like this could have been longer and/or more in depth. But for an introduction, which doesn't sugarcoat anything, this works.
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  Rocío Trupo

  This is a great introduction to queer and feminist theories, to sex and gender and sexuality, and to so many concepts that I would fill in this review with them. The writer takes you by the hand and thrusts you into a brief summary of theories, history and practices with the intention that you are an active reader and are able to form your own conclusions. If you haven't read much of feminist theory or queer theory (as is the case for me at the time of this review), you will love it, possibly as much as I have. It is a bit slow in the first chapter, but it is so worthwhile as you shift from the paradigm.
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  Melanie

  Simply written yet covers significant territory. This has been much-needed. Great introduction to feminist theory, queer theory, and LGBT studies.
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  maile

  Concise coverage of introductory concepts, very good appendix, I wish I had this book in undergrad
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  Apoorva

  Definitely one of the more accessible books on feminism & queer theory that I've read.
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  Joey Gamble

  A useful introduction with an even more useful bibliography. Appropriate for lower-level gender studies classes.
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  amanda

  3.5