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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Fragments of Lesbian and Gay Experiences Ken Plummer. MODERN. HOMOSEXUALITIES. Homosexuality is not what it used to be. When the modern lesbian and gay movements erupted on the world-wide cultural and political stage during the early 1970s ...
Fragments of Lesbian and Gay Experiences Ken Plummer. MODERN. HOMOSEXUALITIES. Homosexuality is not what it used to be. When the modern lesbian and gay movements erupted on the world-wide cultural and political stage during the early 1970s ...
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... LESBIANISM Pat Romans 9 THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR: FRIENDS AS FAMILY IN THE GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY Peter M.Nardi A COCKTAIL OF ALARM: SAME-SEX COUPLES AND MIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA 1985–90 John Hart REPORT FROM A ROTTEN STATE ...
... LESBIANISM Pat Romans 9 THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR: FRIENDS AS FAMILY IN THE GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY Peter M.Nardi A COCKTAIL OF ALARM: SAME-SEX COUPLES AND MIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA 1985–90 John Hart REPORT FROM A ROTTEN STATE ...
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Fragments of Lesbian and Gay Experiences Ken Plummer. Ken Plummer lectures in sociology at Essex University and has been a frequent visiting Professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is the author of Sexual Stigma ...
Fragments of Lesbian and Gay Experiences Ken Plummer. Ken Plummer lectures in sociology at Essex University and has been a frequent visiting Professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is the author of Sexual Stigma ...
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... lesbian and gay studies, telling the story of an important new area of inquiry: its pasts, presents, and futures. The significance of this area of inquiry should not be seen simply as reflecting changes in the lesbian and gay experience ...
... lesbian and gay studies, telling the story of an important new area of inquiry: its pasts, presents, and futures. The significance of this area of inquiry should not be seen simply as reflecting changes in the lesbian and gay experience ...
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Fragments of Lesbian and Gay Experiences Ken Plummer. Netherlands,England, and North America; two deal with lesbianism and one with male gays. Yet, across country and gender, I sense a commonality of concern.Judith Schuyf may speak of ...
Fragments of Lesbian and Gay Experiences Ken Plummer. Netherlands,England, and North America; two deal with lesbianism and one with male gays. Yet, across country and gender, I sense a commonality of concern.Judith Schuyf may speak of ...
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 |
Modern Homosexualities: Fragments of Lesbian and Gay Experiences Kenneth Plummer Limited preview - 1992 |
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