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 xvi
... traditional family, and it it most surely is. Gays and lesbians show that it is possible to live outside the blood-linked nuclear family. But the debate on the family goes much further than this, for gays and lesbians have become one of ...
... traditional family, and it it most surely is. Gays and lesbians show that it is possible to live outside the blood-linked nuclear family. But the debate on the family goes much further than this, for gays and lesbians have become one of ...
Page xvii
... traditional politics and their discourses. The final essays of the book turn more explicitly to aspects of campaigning. The history of the 'homophile movement' might stretch back a hundred years, but the gay and lesbian movement really ...
... traditional politics and their discourses. The final essays of the book turn more explicitly to aspects of campaigning. The history of the 'homophile movement' might stretch back a hundred years, but the gay and lesbian movement really ...
Page xviii
... traditional notions of homosexuality, describing experiences already with us while anticipating trends to come. As such they are not only sociological descriptions but essays on political possibilities, fragments of futures. While the ...
... traditional notions of homosexuality, describing experiences already with us while anticipating trends to come. As such they are not only sociological descriptions but essays on political possibilities, fragments of futures. While the ...
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... traditional religions, traditional family structures, traditional communities, traditional politics, traditional limited and restricted communication channels. The workings of modern homosexualities seem largely congruent with the ...
... traditional religions, traditional family structures, traditional communities, traditional politics, traditional limited and restricted communication channels. The workings of modern homosexualities seem largely congruent with the ...
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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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