The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader

Zusatztext "At a moment when homosexual rights are at issue in school curricula! political party conventions! state and city referendums! religious institutions! the military! and even St. Patrick's Day parades! this book offers a broad! diverse! challenging! serious introduction to a wide range of scholarship in the emerging field of gay and lesbian studies." -- Barbara Johnson! Harvard University"Just a couple of decades ago the idea of a positive and creative lesbian and gay studies seemed a fantastical dream. Today it is an ever-expanding and exhilarating reality: a rivulet has become a mighty river! fertilizing all the traditional disciplines. This collection provides a valuable map of this new terrain! highlighting some of its most significant features! and pointing to exciting developments. Like all good guidebooks! it encourages us to explore further! to seek out the unknown! to see the old in fresh ways! and to cherish the new and innovative." -- Jeffrey Weeks! Professor of Social Relations! University of West of England! Bristol! author of Sexuality and Its Discontents"It would be difficult to summarize the eclectic contents of The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader! almost as difficult as it would be to summarize the subjects of study it seeks to document. The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader isn't an encyclopedia! nor does it pretend to be. It is however an excellent compendium of an emergin field whose full scope escapes us all." -- The Lesbian and Gay Studies Newsletter Informationen zum Autor Henry Abelove is Professor of English at Wesleyan University. He is the author of The Evangelist of Desire: John Wesley and the Methodists. Michèle Aina Barale is Assistant Professor of English and Women's and Gender Studies at Amherst College. Her book Below the Belt: Essays in Queer Reading is forthcoming from Routledge. David M. Halperin is Professor of Literature at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of One Hundred Years of Homosexuality and Other Essays on Greek Love. Klappentext The biggest and most comprehensive multi-disciplinary anthology of critical work in lesbian/gay studies brings together 42 groundbreaking essays which extensively illustrate the range, scope, diversity, appeal, and power of the work currently being done in the field. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of sexuality, sexual politics, and gender studies. Zusammenfassung Over 40 essays, many already classics, are brought together in this comprehensive multi-disciplinary anthology of critical work in lesbian and gay studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction User's Guide Part I. Politics of Representation 1. Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality, Gayle S. Rubin 2. Epistemology of the Closet, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick 3. Deviance, Politics, and the Media, Stuart Hall 4. Some Reflections on Separatism and Power, Marilyn Frye 5. Homophobia: Why Bring It Up?, Barbara Smith 6. One is Not Born a Woman, Monique Wittig 7. Silences: "Hispanics," AIDS, and Sexual Practices, Ana Maria Alonso and Maria Teresa Koreck 8. From Nation to Family: Containing African AIDS, Cindy Patton Part II: Spectacular Logic 9. Sexual Indifference and Lesbian Representation, Teresa De Lauretis 10. Eloquence and the Epitaph: Black Nationalism and the Homophobic Impulse in Responses to the Death of Max Robinson, Phillip Brian Harper 11. Television/Feminsm: HeartBeat and Prime Time Lesbiansim, Sasha Torres 12. Commodity Lesbianism, Danae Clark 13. The Spectacle of AIDS, Simon Watney 14. Sontags Urbanity, D.A. Miller 15. "Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back in the Water . . .", Daniel J. Selden Part III: Subjectivity, Discipline, Resistance 16. Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence, Adrienne Rich 17....

"At a moment when homosexual rights are at issue in school curricula, political party conventions, state and city referendums, religious institutions, the military, and even St. Patrick's Day parades, this book offers a broad, diverse, challenging, serious introduction to a wide range of scholarship in the emerging field of gay and lesbian studies." -- Barbara Johnson, Harvard University "Just a couple of decades ago the idea of a positive and creative lesbian and gay studies seemed a fantastical dream. Today it is an ever-expanding and exhilarating reality: a rivulet has become a mighty river, fertilizing all the traditional disciplines. This collection provides a valuable map of this new terrain, highlighting some of its most significant features, and pointing to exciting developments. Like all good guidebooks, it encourages us to explore further, to seek out the unknown, to see the old in fresh ways, and to cherish the new and innovative." -- Jeffrey Weeks, Professor of Social Relations, University of West of England, Bristol, author of Sexuality and Its Discontents "It would be difficult to summarize the eclectic contents of The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader, almost as difficult as it would be to summarize the subjects of study it seeks to document. The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader isn't an encyclopedia, nor does it pretend to be. It is however an excellent compendium of an emergin field whose full scope escapes us all." -- The Lesbian and Gay Studies Newsletter

Autorentext

Henry Abelove is Professor of English at Wesleyan University. He is the author of The Evangelist of Desire: John Wesley and the Methodists.

Michèle Aina Barale is Assistant Professor of English and Women's and Gender Studies at Amherst College. Her book Below the Belt: Essays in Queer Reading is forthcoming from Routledge.

David M. Halperin is Professor of Literature at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of One Hundred Years of Homosexuality and Other Essays on Greek Love.

Klappentext

The biggest and most comprehensive multi-disciplinary anthology of critical work in lesbian/gay studies brings together 42 groundbreaking essays which extensively illustrate the range, scope, diversity, appeal, and power of the work currently being done in the field. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of sexuality, sexual politics, and gender studies.

Zusammenfassung
Over 40 essays, many already classics, are brought together in this comprehensive multi-disciplinary anthology of critical work in lesbian and gay studies.

Inhalt

Introduction

User's Guide

Part I. Politics of Representation

1. Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality, Gayle S. Rubin

2. Epistemology of the Closet, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

3. Deviance, Politics, and the Media, Stuart Hall

4. Some Reflections on Separatism and Power, Marilyn Frye

5. Homophobia: Why Bring It Up?, Barbara Smith

6. One is Not Born a Woman, Monique Wittig

7. Silences: "Hispanics," AIDS, and Sexual Practices, Ana Maria Alonso and Maria Teresa Koreck

8. From Nation to Family: Containing African AIDS, Cindy Patton

Part II: Spectacular Logic

9. Sexual Indifference and Lesbian Representation, Teresa De Lauretis

10. Eloquence and the Epitaph: Black Nationalism and the Homophobic Impulse in Responses to the Death of Max Robinson, Phillip Brian Harper

11. Television/Feminsm: HeartBeat and Prime Time Lesbiansim, Sasha Torres

12. Commodity Lesbianism, Danae Clark

13. The Spectacle of AIDS, Simon Watney

14. Sontags Urbanity, D.A. Miller
15. "Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back in the Water . . .", Daniel J. Selden

Part III: Subjectivity, Discipline, Resistance

16. Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence, Adrienne Rich

17. Chicano Men: A Cartography of Homosexual Identity and Behavior, Tomás Almaguer

18. Lesbian Identity and Autobiographical Difference[s], Biddy Martin

19. Toward a Butch-Femme Aesthetic, Sue-Ellen Case

20. Imitation and Gender Insubordination, Judith Butler

21. Spare Parts…