TY - T1 - Queer as a Political Concept SN - / UR - URN:ISBN:978-951-51-0562-2; http://hdl.handle.net/10138/152620 T3 - A1 - Kornak, Jacek A2 - PB - Helsingin yliopisto Y1 - 2015 LA - eng AB - The subject of this study is the term: queer which I analyse as a political concept. In many English-speaking countries queer has been a common abusive term for homosexuals and other sexually non-normative individuals. From around the end of the 1980s the term was picked up by many activists and academics as a tool for political engagement. Initially queer was politicized in the context of the AIDS crisis but soon afterwards, the term was used to address political, social and cultural marg... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - gender studies N1 - PP - ER -