Review of 'The Ashgate research companion to queer theory: identity, discourse, normativity, and relationality', edited by Noreen Giffney and Michael O'Rourke, Farnham, UK and Burlington, VT, Ashgate Publishing, 2009, 539 pp., £85.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-7546-7135-0
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Abstract
There are plenty of texts providing introductions to Queer Theory. Indeed, after surveying the field, the more passionate student of Queer Theory, the interested researcher and even casually dabbling readers may begin to que(e)ry if this theory extends very much beyond some key ideas in the original works of Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Eve Sedgewick and, maybe, more recently David Halperin, Judith Halberstam and Lee Edelman ... and the plethora of works that (re)introduce them (perhaps in simpler forms). At worst, investigation will uncover texts that claim the task of Queer Theory is complete, its definition finite and its allocation strictly under gay, lesbian and bisexual studies. At best, the seeker will find that there have also been works that critique, deconstruct or apply Queer ideas in new arenas. But where is the next step? Who is taking it? What is the new theory in Queer? Contrary to appearances, there have been multiple 'next steps' of varying kinds in Queer Theory, located not just in North America and the UK, but also in other countries (this book also includes work from such countries as Australia, France, Ireland and Canada). These steps are being taken by a variety of theorists whose names may be initially familiar from their introductory texts (Linda Garber, Michael O'Rourke, Nikki Sullivan, Annabelle Willox, Calvin Thomas and others) but also from their continued attempts within their own interest areas to extend Queer Theory considerations (Jon Binnie in geography, Patrick. E. Johnson in 'quare'/race studies, Patricia MacCormack in film etc.). And in combination, these theorists suggest a variety of Queer Theory offerings organised into four 'key concerns' within 'The Ashgate research companion to queer theory': identity, discourse, normativity, and relationality. These key concerns are reflective of the field and are not new in and of themselves, but presented all together these pieces (re)present some of the latest developments in the field. Overall, this volume combats any real or perceived stagnation of Queer Theory in several ways.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.003 | 0.009 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.007 | 0.018 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.002 | 0.004 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.008 | 0.007 |
| Open science | 0.002 | 0.003 |
| Research integrity | 0.003 | 0.005 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.053 | 0.027 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".