Date of Award
2005
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Shaktini, Namascar
Abstract
French feminist writer and theorist, Monique Wittig, theorizes from a nonessentialist, materialist lesbian position to posit categories of sex and gender as social constructions, thereby contesting what she terms the heterosexual regime. Because her social theory and literary praxis inform the thinking of leading figures associated with Queer theory, such as Judith Butler, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, and Teresa de Lauretis, Wittig is often considered a precursor to the Queer theory movement. As Queer studies gain purchase in academic curricula, it is timely to assess Wittig's historical contribution to the Queer theory movement and her future pertinence to it as a "Queer" theorist.
Extent
75 p.
Recommended Citation
Tang, Arthur F., "Monique Wittig and the queer theory movement: Descendents and disputes" (2005). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009. 908.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_5/908
Identifier
FADT13219
Comments
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2005.|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters