(Ebook) Queering the Non Human (Queer Interventions) by Noreen Giffney and Myra J. Hird ISBN 9780754671282, 9780754690610, 0754671283, 075469061X

(Ebook) Queering the Non Human (Queer Interventions) by Noreen Giffney and Myra J. Hird ISBN 9780754671282, 9780754690610, 0754671283, 075469061X

This is a very good example of use of "queer theory". That being a construct invented in academia, that has arisen out of feminism. It is agenderist, and as in the case of this work, predominated by women. Many of whom are non-queer and so have no direct experience of what they are theorising about.  
What might it mean to queer the Human? By extension, how is the Human employed within queer theory? These questions invite a reconsideration of the way we think about queer theory, the category of the Human and the act of queering itself.This interdisciplinary volume of essays gathers together essays by international pioneering scholars in queer theory, critical theory, cultural studies and science studies who have written on topics as diverse as Christ, the Antichrist, dogs, starfish, werewolves, vampires, murderous dolls, cartoons, corpses, bacteria, nanoengineering, biomesis, the incest taboo, the death drive and the 'queer' in queer theory. Contributors include Robert Azzarello, Karen Barad, Phillip A. Bernhardt-House, Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, Claire Colebrook, Noreen Giffney, Judith Halberstam, Donna J. Haraway, Eva Hayward, Myra J. Hird, Karalyn Kendall, Vicki Kirby, Alice Kuzniar, Patricia MacCormack, Robert Mills, Luciana Parisi and Erin Runions.