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Jack Halberstam is Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, Gender Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California. Halberstam is the author of five books including: Skin Shows: othic Horror and the Technology of Monsters (Duke UP, 1995), Female Masculinity (Duke UP, 1998), In A Queer Time and Place (NYU Press, 2005), The Queer Art of Failure (Duke UP, 2011) and Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender, and the End of Normal (Beacon Press, 2012) and has written articles that have appeared in numerous journals, magazines and collections. Halberstam is currently working on several projects including a book on Fascism and (homo)sexuality.
Halberstam has co-edited a number of anthologies including Posthuman Bodies with Ira Livingston (Indiana University Press, 1995) and a special issue of Social Text with Jose Munoz and David Eng titled “What’s Queer About Queer Studies Now?” Jack is a popular speaker and gives lectures around the country and internationally every year. Lecture topics include: queer failure, sex and media, subcultures, visual culture, gender variance, popular film, animation.
Professor Halberstam,
Your book Gaga Feminism was intriguing and fascinating. It was incredibly encouraging to me and helped with my self-esteem in relation to my gender identity and sexuality. I go to the University of Redlands and read your book for my intro to women sxlty and gender studies class with Kim Welch. I’m now taking another sexuality class called sexuality science society with Tim Seiber. I spoke with him about this today, but I’m still curious to hear your point of view…. When do you believe same-sex or any sex procreation will be an option for the American public? My professor Tim thought 10 years. I’m at the University of Redlands by the way. Thanks so much!
-Lucas Marshall (21)