Calvin Thomas (critical theorist)

For other people with the same name, see Calvin Thomas (disambiguation).

Calvin Thomas is an American academic who works in the fields of critical theory, modern and postmodern literature and culture. He is a professor at Georgia State University. His writings have focused on gender, sexuality and the body, with an especial interest in "straight" responses to queer theory.

Publications

• Thomas, Calvin (1998). Male Matters. Champaign: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-06500-X.
• Thomas, Calvin (2000). Straight with a Twist: Queer Theory and the Subject of Heterosexuality. Champaign: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-06813-0.
• Thomas, Calvin (2008). Masculinity, Psychoanalysis, Straight Queer Theory: Essays on Abjection in Literature, Mass Culture, and Film. New York: Palgrave/Macmillan. ISBN 0-230-60008-5.
• Thomas, Calvin (2013). Ten Lessons in Theory: An Introduction to Theoretical Writing. London: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 1623564026

External links

• Calvin Thomas web page at Georgia State University