Queer Theory is For Everyone! - Sasha Steinberg, Fulbright Scholar

Sasha Steinberg graduated from Vassar College in May 2009 with a degree in “Modern Literatures” awarded by the Independent Program. He is currently in Moscow on a Fulbright Research Grant. His Fulbright Research Project is entitled “Arts in Public, Publics in Art” and is engaged in apprehending the role of the arts (meaning literature, visual art, theater, film, architecture, etc.) in contemporary Russian society. This is his third lecture at the American Center. “Queer Theory is for Everyone!” is a survey of the questions, terms, and philosophers that have generated the cutting edge but confusing and often-misunderstood academic discipline known as "Queer Theory." Focused on questions of sexuality and gender, Queer Theory is motivated by a profound distrust for any and all traditional assumptions and restrictive categories. It is precisely for this reason, therefore, that Queer Theory isn't just for gays and lesbians, for feminists or scholars. Queer theory is for everyone!