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epistemology of the closet: a standalone construct

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Queer studies

the argument that the secret and disclosure of homosexuality structure modern Western knowledge and culture around a homo/heterosexual definition.

In queer studies, epistemology of the closet refers to the argument that the secret and disclosure of homosexuality structure modern Western knowledge and culture around a homo/heterosexual definition. This meaning comes from Sedgwick (1990) in Epistemology of the closet.[1]

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References

Sedgwick, E. K. (1990). Epistemology of the closet. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520070424

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