Modern Homosexualities: Fragments of Lesbian and Gay ExperiencesKen Plummer This book of nineteen original essays by activists and academics documents and analyses the dramatic changes in lesbian and gay experience over the last twenty years. It charts the growth of lesbian and gay studies, and examines key issues around communitites, identities, relationships, sexualities and politics. These essays, edited by a leading author in the field, herald a new confidence and maturity for the growing field of lesbian and gay studies. |
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... become remarkably diverse. In nineteen original essays from activists and social scientists in eight countries, some of this diversity is charted. It is a unique collection, which draws together essays on a wide range of experience. The ...
... become remarkably diverse. In nineteen original essays from activists and social scientists in eight countries, some of this diversity is charted. It is a unique collection, which draws together essays on a wide range of experience. The ...
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... Becoming a lone parent ', in G.Crowe and M.Hardey (eds) Lone Parenthood (1991) and 'An ethnographic study of transport and elderly people', BASAPP Spring 1991. John Hart left school at 15 and later went to the London School of Economics ...
... Becoming a lone parent ', in G.Crowe and M.Hardey (eds) Lone Parenthood (1991) and 'An ethnographic study of transport and elderly people', BASAPP Spring 1991. John Hart left school at 15 and later went to the London School of Economics ...
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... become a diverse array of relational, gendered, erotic, political, social, and spiritual experiences, difficult to tame and capture with restrictive and divisive labels. Criss-crossing their way through class, gender, and ethnicity, a ...
... become a diverse array of relational, gendered, erotic, political, social, and spiritual experiences, difficult to tame and capture with restrictive and divisive labels. Criss-crossing their way through class, gender, and ethnicity, a ...
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... become one of a number of groups actively involved in the redefining of the basis of family life, of ways of living together, of loving and of supporting each other. Modern homosexualities may, most ironically, be signs of the family to ...
... become one of a number of groups actively involved in the redefining of the basis of family life, of ways of living together, of loving and of supporting each other. Modern homosexualities may, most ironically, be signs of the family to ...
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... become a veritable Tower of Babel. For this is the Golden Age of gay and lesbian studies. Walk into a major city in the Western world, find the local lesbian and gay bookstore, and browse. An enormous, diverse, and rich literature has ...
... become a veritable Tower of Babel. For this is the Golden Age of gay and lesbian studies. Walk into a major city in the Western world, find the local lesbian and gay bookstore, and browse. An enormous, diverse, and rich literature has ...
Contents
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The Turkish and Mesoamerican experience | 27 |
Part III CONSTRUCTING COMMUNITIES AND IDENTITIES | 51 |
Pretending to be families? | 85 |
Models of love support and activism | 149 |
The lesbian case | 185 |
Radicalism rights and citizenship in the UK | 215 |
A BRIEF GUIDE TO FURTHER READING | 249 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 255 |
NAME INDEX | 272 |
SUBJECT INDEX | 276 |
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Modern Homosexualities: Fragments of Lesbian and Gay Experiences Kenneth Plummer Limited preview - 1992 |
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