 A second major figure in the relationship between Continental feminism and queer theory is Michel Foucault, who has been extensively used in both queer and Continental (and specifically poststructuralist) feminist theory, but who (as opposed to Butler) did not explicitly use the terms queer and feminist. While a larger account of the connection between Foucault and queer theory is beyond the scope of this entry, the relationship is a rich one. In the late 1980s, Foucault’s The History of Sexuality, Volume One was read heavily by activists and scholars questioning dominant narratives around sexuality and identity (Halperin 1995); Foucault’s work was also influential not only for Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble (1990) but also for another text often cited as foundational for queer theory, Eve Sedgwick’s Epistemology of the Closet (1990 [2008]).