Annamarie Jagose
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Annamarie Jagose is a queer
writer of academic and fictional works. She gained her PhD
(Victoria University of Wellington
) in 1992, and worked in the Department of English with Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne before returning to New Zealand
in 2003, where she is currently Professor in the Department of Film, Television and Media Studies at the University of Auckland
.
Queer
Queer is an umbrella term for sexual minorities that are not heterosexual, heteronormative, or gender-binary. In the context of Western identity politics the term also acts as a label setting queer-identifying people apart from discourse, ideologies, and lifestyles that typify mainstream LGBT ...
writer of academic and fictional works. She gained her PhD
PHD
PHD may refer to:*Ph.D., a doctorate of philosophy*Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*PHD finger, a protein sequence*PHD Mountain Software, an outdoor clothing and equipment company*PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
(Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a former constituent college of the University of New Zealand. It is particularly well known for its programmes in law, the humanities, and some scientific disciplines, but offers a broad range of other courses...
) in 1992, and worked in the Department of English with Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne before returning to New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
in 2003, where she is currently Professor in the Department of Film, Television and Media Studies at the University of Auckland
University of Auckland
The University of Auckland is a university located in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest university in the country and the highest ranked in the 2011 QS World University Rankings, having been ranked worldwide...
.
Awards
- 1994 won NZSA Best First Book Award for In Translation
- 2004 won Deutz Medal for Fiction in the Montana New Zealand Book AwardsMontana New Zealand Book AwardsThe New Zealand Post Book Awards are a series of literary awards to works of New Zealand citizens. They were created in 1996, as a merge of the two previously most relevant awards in New Zealand: the Montana Book Awards and the New Zealand Book Awards...
for Slow Water - 2004 winner of the Vance Palmer Prize for FictionVance Palmer Prize for FictionThe Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction is a component of the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award and is valued at A$30,000. Most Australian state premiers present annual Australian literary awards to promote Australian writing in all its forms. The award is named after Vance Palmer...
for Slow Water - 2004 was shortlisted for the Australian Miles Franklin Literary Award for Slow Water
Works
- Lesbian Utopics (New York: Routledge, 1994)
- In Translation (Wellington: Victoria University Press and Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1994)
- Queer Theory (New York: New York University Press, 1996)
- Lulu: A Romance (Wellington: Victoria University Press and Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1998)
- Inconsequence: Lesbian Representation and the Logic of Sexual Sequence (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2002)
- Slow WaterSlow Water-Awards:*Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2004: shortlisted*Victorian Premier's Literary Award, The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, 2004: winner*Montana New Zealand Book Awards, Deutz Medal For Fiction, 2004: winner-Reviews:*...
(Wellington: Victoria University Press and Sydney: Random House, 2003)