Derrida and Queer Theory

This timely and unique collection of essays is the very first to consider the links between the philosophy of Jacques Derrida and queer theory and provides the only major introduction to the fields theoretical debts to Derrida as well as seeking out queer moments in Derridas own writings.

MICHAEL O'ROURKE is the co-editor of Love, Sex, Intimacy and Friendship between Men, 1550-1800 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003); Queer Masculinities, 1550-1800: Siting Same-Sex Desire in the Early Modern World (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006) and The Ashgate Research Companion to Queer Theory (2009). He is co-editor of two book series, Queer Interventions and Cultural Connections, and sits on the editorial board of postmedieval: a journal of medieval cultural studies (Palgrave Macmillan).

Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Derrida and Queer Theory, Etc--M.O'Rourke
Impossible Uncanniness: Deconstruction and Queer Theory--N.Royle
'Practical Deconstruction': A Note on Some Notes by Judith Butler--M.McQuillan
Derridas Derriere--M.O'Rourke
A Man for All Seasons: Derrida-cum-Queer Theory or the Limits of Performativity--A.Garcia Duttmann
Deco-pervo-struction--E.Dunne
Derrida and the Question of Woman--S.Dillon
Les Chats de Derrida--C.Freccero
Derridas Queer Root(s)--J.Hayes
Strange Bedfellows--Derrida and Foucault and the Plexus of Queer Theory--L.R.Schehr
Queer Religion? Jacques Derrida, John Caputo and the Religious Futures of Queer Theory--M.Mason
Performing Friendship--L.Secomb
No Kingdom of the Queer--C.Thomas
Afterword--G.Bennington
Index