Anthropology › Section L · Gender and sexuality › Topic L.4
Sexuality and queer anthropology
Anthropologists have written about sexuality since the discipline began, but only in recent decades have they studied lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other queer lives in depth. Their work shows how sexuality is woven into kinship, ritual, media and law, and how identities travel and change.
In this topic
- What is queer anthropology?
- Early studies of sexuality
- Esther Newton and Mother Camp
- Families We Choose
- Roles without identities
- Worked example: identity, role or practice?
- Global identities, local meanings
- Rights and law today
- Worked example: reading the legal map
- Language and the end of gender?
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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