Queer print cultures : resistance, subversion, and community / edited by Vance Byrd and Javier Samper Vendrell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Byrd, Vance, editor.

Samper Vendrell, Javier, 1982- editor.

Series:

Studies in book and print culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay culture.

Gay people--Books and reading--History.

Gay people.

Gay people in literature.

Queer theory.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

viii, 355 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm

illustration

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2026]

Summary:

"Queer Print Cultures explores the intersections of queer studies, book history, and visual culture, challenging traditional narratives about printed objects and their cultural significance. This collection of essays examines how printed materials illuminate histories of gendered and sexual embodiment, revealing the complex interactions between texts, their creators, and their readers. With essays from scholars, librarians, archivists, and activists, the volume amplifies voices often excluded from mainstream discussions, focusing on individuals marginalized by gender, sexuality, race, and class. Contributors investigate how queer communities have utilized various forms of media - from science fiction and romance novels to zines and social media - to articulate queer identities and navigate questions of kinship and citizenship. In a time when expressions of identity are becoming increasingly diverse, Queer Print Cultures serves as an essential resource on the transformative power of print in shaping queer experiences and resisting societal norms."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cryptic margins: the papercut albums of Adele Schopenhauer / Catriona MacLeod

Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, print culture, and the spread of queer ideas / Kyle Frackman

From the front to the back page: queer reading in theory and practice / Hannah Frydman

Reading and queer worldmaking in early twentieth-century Germany / Domenic DeSocio

Texts, sex, paratexts: re/constructing sexuality in post-war British science fiction zines / Phoenix Alexander

Queer cut-ups: the collaged library books of Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell, 1959-1962 / Daniel Fountain

The queer transits of xex-radical porn / Elizabeth Groeneveld

Queer prints, publics, and counterpublics in Bangladesh: the coherent, in-between, and ephemeral / Saad Adnan Khan and Tanveer Hossain Anoy

Collecting queerly: acquiring and describing queer print culture for a rare book collection / Miriam Intrator

A queer visit to the archives / Rebekah Irwin

From mutiny to community: establishing best practices for queer zine archives / Christopher Wilde

A resurgence of print: crowdfunding queerness in fandom zines / Cait Coker

Queer digital paratext and networked print cultures / Ela Przybyło.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Queer print cultures.

ISBN:

9781487544010

1487544014

OCLC:

1503762393

Publisher Number:

90104902754

CIPO000299725