A primer on queer theory
for economists interested in social identities
abstract
Queer theory studies the linguistic structures which lie behind socioeconomic inequality
as well as the dependence of these structures on markets and other institutions. The methods
of this theory and some of its assertions are exhibited. In particular, Foucault's conjectures
about the birth of the concept of sexuality and the gender asymmetry in the historical articulation
of lesbian and gay identities are described. The goal is to queer the temptation for economists to
use "identities" uncritically.
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