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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... lesbian and gay movements erupted on the world-wide cultural and political stage during the early 1970s, few could have seen the enormous ramifications. For although homosexuality still has its critics and its enemies, the modern lesbian ...
... lesbian and gay movements erupted on the world-wide cultural and political stage during the early 1970s, few could have seen the enormous ramifications. For although homosexuality still has its critics and its enemies, the modern lesbian ...
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... Lesbian Movement. He is currently doing research in new social movement ... politics courses. He has co-authored Soft-Core and 'Snuff sex and Satan ... political theatre companies including Gay Sweatshop. She then did a BA in ...
... Lesbian Movement. He is currently doing research in new social movement ... politics courses. He has co-authored Soft-Core and 'Snuff sex and Satan ... political theatre companies including Gay Sweatshop. She then did a BA in ...
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Fragments of Lesbian and Gay Experiences Ken Plummer. laid-back sort of way—in gay politics. He has lectured at South Bank Polytechnic and is currently a lecturer in sociology at the University of Essex. Since 1987 he has been Director ...
Fragments of Lesbian and Gay Experiences Ken Plummer. laid-back sort of way—in gay politics. He has lectured at South Bank Polytechnic and is currently a lecturer in sociology at the University of Essex. Since 1987 he has been Director ...
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... political, social, and spiritual experiences, difficult to tame and capture with restrictive and divisive labels ... lesbian and gay studies, the topic of Chapter 1. In reading lesbian and gay biographies before the 1970s it is a ...
... political, social, and spiritual experiences, difficult to tame and capture with restrictive and divisive labels ... lesbian and gay studies, the topic of Chapter 1. In reading lesbian and gay biographies before the 1970s it is a ...
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... lesbian sex. Anna Marie Smith argues for the need to place this language in a public and political context, to challenge and overthrow the hegemony of traditional politics and their discourses. The final essays of the book turn more ...
... lesbian sex. Anna Marie Smith argues for the need to place this language in a public and political context, to challenge and overthrow the hegemony of traditional politics and their discourses. The final essays of the book turn more ...
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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