Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Cornell_University
gptkb:Cornell_University_Graduate_School
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Guggenheim_Fellowship
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:cancer
gptkbp:dateOfBirth 1950-05-02
gptkbp:dateOfDeath 2009-04-12
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Paul_de_Man
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Amherst_College
gptkb:Boston_University
gptkb:CUNY_Graduate_Center
gptkb:Duke_University
gptkb:Hamilton_College
gptkbp:field literary criticism
gender studies
queer theory
gptkbp:gender female
gptkbp:hasWebsite http://www.evekosofskysedgwick.net/
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
gptkbp:influenced literary criticism
gender studies
queer theory
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Jacques_Derrida
gptkb:Michel_Foucault
gptkb:Judith_Butler
gptkb:Roland_Barthes
gptkbp:knownFor critical studies of sexuality and gender
foundational work in queer theory
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Modern_Language_Association
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Epistemology_of_the_Closet
gptkb:Between_Men:_English_Literature_and_Male_Homosocial_Desire
gptkb:Touching_Feeling:_Affect,_Pedagogy,_Performativity
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:poet
gptkb:political_scientist
gptkb:professor
literary criticism
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Dayton,_Ohio,_United_States
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:New_York_City,_United_States
gptkbp:religion Episcopalian
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Hal_Sedgwick
gptkbp:thesisTitle gptkb:The_Coherence_of_Gothic_Conventions
gptkbp:thesisYear 1975
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Literary_Theory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5