Queer Methods and Methodologies: Intersecting Queer Theories and Social Science Research

Queer scholarship in its contemporary form is anti-normative and can seek to effect destabilize, challenge and critique a host of stabilities, including those used to undertake research that addresses social issues. Queer Methods and Methodologies provides the first systematic consideration of the implications of a queer perspective in the pursuit of social scientific research focused on sexualities, genders and embodiments. It offers a critical engagement with the largely unaddressed theoretical dissonance that can occur when underlying queer ontological and epistemological commitments are used in social science research. Allowing for the diverse possibilities of queer, this book explores the limitations and potentials of queer engagements with social science research techniques and methodologies across a range of subject fields. In addition to considering the implications of queer theory and research with 'queer' subjects for social science research, it critically interrogates the intersections in queer scholarship between its ontological and epistemological underpinnings. With contributors based in the UK, USA, Canada, Taiwan, New Zealand and Australia, this volume is truly international and its interdisciplinary authorship will appeal to anyone interested in the intersections between social scientific research and queer perspectives, as well as those working in the fields of queer theory, embodiment and gender and sexuality.