Abstract
Queer Methodology for Photography presents new ways of approaching photographic discourse from a queer perspective, offering discussions on what a queering methodology for photography may entail by drawing links between strategies in photographic practice and key theoretical concepts from photography theory, queer theory, critical theory, and philosophy. With different examples of conceptual perspectives, including representation, formalism, and mediumlessness, it seeks to diversify queer methodology for photography.
While primarily addressing photography, the book is entwined with broader philosophical questions concerning identity, difference and the creations of systems of thought that limit existence to binary categorisation. It proposes a new concept of the photographic image that addresses its materiality, in the form of the poetic and the political, in relationship to a generative principle that is named as a queer quality: the photograph’s ability to voice queer concerns also beyond its role as representation.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in photography, art history, queer studies, new materialism and posthumanism.
While primarily addressing photography, the book is entwined with broader philosophical questions concerning identity, difference and the creations of systems of thought that limit existence to binary categorisation. It proposes a new concept of the photographic image that addresses its materiality, in the form of the poetic and the political, in relationship to a generative principle that is named as a queer quality: the photograph’s ability to voice queer concerns also beyond its role as representation.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in photography, art history, queer studies, new materialism and posthumanism.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Routledge |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781032285375 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2024 |
Publication series
| Name | Routledge Research in Gender and Art |
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