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Queer theory is ...

Terminology
Evolution of the term Queer theory; compare queer studies, and related terms.

Definition and scope
What's included in the term Queer theory; what's not.

Theoretical problems with previous approaches
Identity, essence, social constructionism, gender & sex; use of language; categories as social constructs;

Development
New synthesis in the 1990s. This is the section that actually describes in detail what it is; the first paragraph of the lead should be a summary of this section. (Maybe needs a better name.)

Foucault

 * The History of Sexuality

Butler

 * Gender Trouble

Sedgwick

 * Epistemology of the Closet

National reception
Contrast how it was viewed in Anglo-Saxon countries, France, Germany.

Criticisms
Social conservatives (Bawer, Sullivan) etc.

Impact
Important and lasting influences on related fields.