Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

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Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick was an influential American scholar and theorist whose work in queer theory and gender studies, particularly books like "Epistemology of the Closet," reshaped literary criticism and LGBTQ+ scholarship.

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instanceOf American academic
gender studies scholar
human
literary theorist
queer theorist
academicDegree PhD in English
birthDate 1950-05-02
causeOfDeath breast cancer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 2009-04-12
educatedAt Cornell University
Yale University
employer Boston University
CUNY Graduate Center
Duke University
familyName Sedgwick
fieldOfWork LGBTQ+ studies
critical theory
gender studies
literary criticism
queer theory
fullName Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
givenName Eve
influenced LGBTQ+ literary criticism
gender and sexuality studies
queer studies
influencedBy Jacques Derrida
Michel Foucault
psychoanalytic theory
language English
mainInterest affect theory
gender
literary representation of homosexuality
sexuality
movement feminist theory
poststructuralism
queer theory
notableWork A Dialogue on Love
Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire
Epistemology of the Closet
Tendencies
The Coherence of Gothic Conventions
Touching Feeling: Affect, Pedagogy, Performativity
occupation literary critic
professor
writer
placeOfBirth Dayton, Ohio
linked to: Dayton
placeOfDeath New York City
positionHeld Distinguished Professor of English
sexualOrientation queer
spouse Hal Sedgwick

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