Queer: a Philosophy Phenomenon, a Social Construct, a Language Sign

Authors

  • Alla Anatolii MARCHYSHYNA Kamianets-Podilskiy Ivan Ohiienko National University
  • Anatolii SKRYPNYK Podilsky Special Educational and Rehabilitation Socio-Economic College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v12i1.228

Keywords:

gender, identity, lingual sign, queer, sex, stereotype, text

Abstract

The paper considers ontology of queer as interpreted in philosophy, social studies and language. The short history of the analysed concept sheds light on transformations of its semantic structure. Queer is viewed inseparably from gender theory where it gets apparent representation as a queer gender identity. The diffusive and trespassing nature makes queer contrary to stable and traditionally immutable sex/gender dichotomy with the normative male/female components. Queer violation of this long-established standard results in revolutionary shifts in the philosophy of human sex/gender freedom of manifestation and recognition, formation and alteration of social stereotypes, introduction and spread of verbal means serving the lingual signs of queer in general and queer gender identity, in particular. Texts of scholarly, publicist and literary functional styles depict “queer” differently depending on the objectives of each register and the appropriate scope of linguistic tools.

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Author Biographies

Alla Anatolii MARCHYSHYNA, Kamianets-Podilskiy Ivan Ohiienko National University

Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Philology, Kamianets-Podilskiy Ivan Ohiienko National University, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine. Areas of interest: text linguistics, discourse analysis, gender linguistics, gender studies. She is the author of 1 monograph, 60 scientific articles, participant of numerous conferences (Moscow 2010, Krakow 2011, Szczecin 2012, Minsk 2015). Recent publications: “Gender Identity in English Postmodern Discourse: Socio-Cultural and Linguo-Poetic Aspects (a Study of Academic, Publicist and Literary Texts)” (monograph), “Gender Stereotypes in Mass Media: a Postmodernist Study of Identity”, “Gender Identity in Postmodernist Scholarly Discourse”, “Gender Identity in Queer Theory: History and Methodology of the Concept”.

Anatolii SKRYPNYK, Podilsky Special Educational and Rehabilitation Socio-Economic College

 Associate Professor in the Department of Information Activity, Documentation and Fundamental Sciences, Podilsky Special Educational and Rehabilitation Socio-Economic College, Kamianets-Podilsky, Ukraine. Areas of interest include the history of Ukraine. He is the author of 2 monographs and 70 scientific articles. Recent publications: “Russian Military Factor in Social, Political, and Economic Development of Right-Bank Ukraine (1792-1965)” (monograph), “Reasons of the Russian Military Class Formation in the Social Structure of Right-Bank Ukraine in the First Half of the 19th Century”, “One Step before the Catastrophe. Organization of Podillia Defence in the Eastern (Crimean) War of 1855-1856”.

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Published

2019-06-16

How to Cite

MARCHYSHYNA, A. A., & SKRYPNYK, A. (2019). Queer: a Philosophy Phenomenon, a Social Construct, a Language Sign. WISDOM, 12(1), 17–25. https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v12i1.228

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