Introduction: Queer writing – setting the scene

Abstract

This act of writing produces something of a genealogy of the various notions of writing and text that have circulated within the critical or scholarly domain. It also discusses the convergence of notions of writing with certain ideas from Queer Theory, such as performativity (Butler 1990), that resulted in the emergence of what might be called Queer Writing. The article also acts as an introduction to the works contained in Beyond Australia Queer, a special Queer issue of _TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Courses.