Modern homosexualities : fragments of lesbian and gay experiences / edited by Ken Plummer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Plummer, Kenneth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality.

Lesbians.

Gay people.

Gay identity.

Lesbian identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 281 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover; MODERN HOMOSEXUALITIES: Fragments of lesbian and gay experience; Copyright; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; Part I INTRODUCTION: Gay and lesbian world making; 1 SPEAKING ITS NAME: Inventing a lesbian and gay studies; Part II ESTABLISHING THE MALE HOMOSEXUAL: The Turkish and Mesoamerican experience; 2 THE 'UNDERDEVELOPMENT' OF MODERN/GAY HOMOSEXUALITY IN MESOAMERICA; 3 MASCULINITY, FEMININITY, AND TURKISH MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; Part III CONSTRUCTING COMMUNITIES AND IDENTITIES; 4 THE COMPANY OF FRIENDS AND LOVERS: Lesbian communities in the Netherlands

5 COMING OUT: Lesbian identities and the categorization problem 6 THE ROLE OF DISCLOSURE IN COMING OUT AMONG GAY MEN; Part IV CREATING NEW RELATIONSHIPS: Pretending to be families?; 7 LOVES, SEXUALITIES, AND MARRIAGES: Strategies and adjustments; 8 DARING TO PRETEND?: Motherhood and lesbianism; 9 THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR: Friends as family in the gay and lesbian community; 10 A COCKTAIL OF ALARM: Same-sex couples and migration to Australia 1985-90; 11 REPORT FROM A ROTTEN STATE: 'Marriage' and 'homosexuality' in 'Denmark'; Part V TRANSCENDING AIDS: Models of love, support, and activism

12 THE AIDS DIALECTICS: Awareness, identity, death, and sexual politics 13 LESBIAN POLITICS AND AIDS WORK; 14 SEX AND CARING AMONG MEN: Impacts of AIDS on gay people; Part VI SHIFTING SEXUALITIES: The lesbian case; 15 CONSTRUCTING LESBIAN SEXUALITIES; 16 RESISTING THE ERASURE OF LESBIAN SEXUALITY: A challenge for queer activism; Part VII MAKING THE FUTURE: Radicalism, rights, and citizenship in the UK; 17 ABSEIL MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER: Lesbian and gay campaigning tactics and Section 28; 18 DANGEROUS ACTIVISM?; 19 EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL: Strategies for lesbian and gay equality in Britain; BRIEF GUIDE TO FURTHER READING BIBLIOGRAPHY; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-271) and indexes.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-134-92242-6

0-203-21062-X

1-280-33629-3

9780203210628

OCLC:

62598459