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The author contends that queer studies has recently experienced a paradigm shift and that far from being over, queer studies in the academy is flourishing in the work of a new generation of scholars who have been trained in queer theory at the graduate level. Much of this work refuses to see sexuality as a singular mode of inquiry, making sexuality a central category of analysis in the study of racialization, transnationalism and globalization. Some of this work can be considered to define new fields such as queer ethnic studies, queer postcolonial studies and transgender studies. Situating queer studies within programs rather than departments encourages the field to be multidisciplinary. Debate about the relations between lesbian and gay studies has triggered conversations about the need to take queer studies into public arenas. Queer studies also offers an interface with new digital technologies and the development of smart classrooms and Web-based learning.

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Vol. 45 Issue 2-4, p361-364 4p