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. |
From inside the book
Page i
... lesbian and gay movements erupted on the world-wide cultural and political ... community has proliferated into distinctive ways of living together, of ... lesbian and gay couples, the debate over lesbian motherhood, the issue of 'mixed ...
... lesbian and gay movements erupted on the world-wide cultural and political ... community has proliferated into distinctive ways of living together, of ... lesbian and gay couples, the debate over lesbian motherhood, the issue of 'mixed ...
Page vii
... communities and identities 4 THE COMPANY OF 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 ...
... communities and identities 4 THE COMPANY OF 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 ...
Page viii
... 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: 'MARRIAGE' AND 'HOMOSEXUALITY' IN 'DENMARK' Henning Bech Part VTranscending AIDS: models of ...
... 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: 'MARRIAGE' AND 'HOMOSEXUALITY' IN 'DENMARK' Henning Bech Part VTranscending AIDS: models of ...
Page xii
... lesbian motherhood at the University of Essex. With her lesbian partner she has also managed, fairly successfully ... group that connected with lesbians/gays on radio and television. She is one of the founder-members of the Department of ...
... lesbian motherhood at the University of Essex. With her lesbian partner she has also managed, fairly successfully ... group that connected with lesbians/gays on radio and television. She is one of the founder-members of the Department of ...
Page xiii
... group in OutRage. PUSSY brings lesbians and gay men together in the fight against censorship from outside and within the community, and aims to put sex back into sexual politics. Huseyin Tapinc gained an MA from Essex University in 1990 ...
... group in OutRage. PUSSY brings lesbians and gay men together in the fight against censorship from outside and within the community, and aims to put sex back into sexual politics. Huseyin Tapinc gained an MA from Essex University in 1990 ...
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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