Introduction: queer subjectivities and the contemporary United States

Christopher W. Clark is an Associate Tutor at the University of East Anglia and a Visiting Lecturer in Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire. They are currently working on a book with Palgrave Macmillan, titled Queer Transcultural Memory: U.S. Culture and the Global Context . Their research considers depictions of queerness and deviance in world literature and visual cultures, and the use of digital platforms and affect in the classroom. Previously, they have published articles on the writing of Jesmyn Ward ( Mississippi Quarterly ) as well as having reviewed several monographs. They have an upcoming article on the queer topographics of 9/11 as part of a special issue of the Journal of American Studies , and feature as part of an edited collection on Queer Horror with University of Wales Press, both due out in 2020.