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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Page vii
... FRIENDS AND LOVERS: LESBIAN COMMUNITIES IN THE NETHERLANDS Judith Schuyf 5 COMING OUT: LESBIAN IDENTITIES AND THE CATEGORIZATION PROBLEM Valerie Jenness xiv 29 39 53 65 7 10 11 12 14 THE ROLE OF DISCLOSURE IN vii CONTENTS.
... FRIENDS AND LOVERS: LESBIAN COMMUNITIES IN THE NETHERLANDS Judith Schuyf 5 COMING OUT: LESBIAN IDENTITIES AND THE CATEGORIZATION PROBLEM Valerie Jenness xiv 29 39 53 65 7 10 11 12 14 THE ROLE OF DISCLOSURE IN vii CONTENTS.
Page xvi
... problem, but it is surely equally applicable to men, as Peter Davies' article makes clear. 'Coming out' is the momentous moment of the modern homosexual experience: the moment of entering the personhood of gay and lesbian publicly and ...
... problem, but it is surely equally applicable to men, as Peter Davies' article makes clear. 'Coming out' is the momentous moment of the modern homosexual experience: the moment of entering the personhood of gay and lesbian publicly and ...
Page 7
... problem is not so much homosexual desire as the fear of homosexuality: why does the mere mention of the word trigger off reactions of recoil and hate?' (Hocquenghem 1978:35). Altman's work, like so much of this time, was informed partly ...
... problem is not so much homosexual desire as the fear of homosexuality: why does the mere mention of the word trigger off reactions of recoil and hate?' (Hocquenghem 1978:35). Altman's work, like so much of this time, was informed partly ...
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... problem of intellectual coherence; there is no essential object of study, for to take the constructionist arguments seriously is to see that gay and lesbian studies 'construct' an object for analysis that is itself much more diffuse ...
... problem of intellectual coherence; there is no essential object of study, for to take the constructionist arguments seriously is to see that gay and lesbian studies 'construct' an object for analysis that is itself much more diffuse ...
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... problem solving, and classification that characterizes much of Western thinking, making it logical, linear, and rational. This manifests itself in the creation of 'the homosexual' as a scientific category, as a field of surveillance and ...
... problem solving, and classification that characterizes much of Western thinking, making it logical, linear, and rational. This manifests itself in the creation of 'the homosexual' as a scientific category, as a field of surveillance and ...
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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