Genealogies of identity : interdisciplinary readings on sex and sexuality / edited by Margaret Sonser Breen and Fiona Peters.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Breen, Margaret Sönser.

Peters, Fiona.

Conference Name:

Global Conference on Critical Issues in Sexuality (1st : 2004 : Salzburg, Austria)

Series:

At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 26.

At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role--Congresses.

Sex role.

Gender identity--Congresses.

Gender identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Genealogies of Identity examines issues of sex and sexuality across a range of critical and cultural perspectives. The volume considers historically specific discourses of sex and sexuality, their effect within public contexts such as the church and the workplace, and the link of those discourses to understandings of individual identity, citizenship, nation, and human rights. As well, the volume analyses representations of sexuality and desire in art, literature, theatre, and theory - representations that serve both to codify and to subvert social norms and aesthetic and theoretical traditions. Finally and more broadly, the volume attests to the critical importance of inter- and multidisciplinary approaches to understanding constructions of gender, sex, and sexuality. Genealogies of Identity consists of fifteen essays, versions of which were presented at the First Global Conference on Critical Issues in Sexuality, held in Salzburg, Austria, in October 2004.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

List of Figures

Preface / Margaret Sönser Breen

History, Sex, and Nation

Kertbeny's "Homosexuality" and the Language of Nationalism / Robert D. Tobin

Prostitution, Sexuality, and Gender Roles in Imperial Germany: Hamburg, A Case Study / Julia Bruggemann

Cultural Clash on Prostitution: Debates on Prostitution in Germany and Sweden in the 1990's / Susanne Dodillet

"Staying Bush" - The Influence of Place and Isolation in the Decision by Gay Men to Live in Rural Areas in Australia / Ed Green

Literature: Re-writing Desire

Whoring, Incest, Duplicity, or the "Self-Polluting" Erotics of Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders / Katerina Kitsi-Mitakou

Catastrophic Sexualities in Howard Baker's Theatre of Transgression / Karoline Gritzner

Un-sacred Cows and Protean Beings: Suniti Namjoshi's Re-writing of Postcolonial Lesbian Bodies / Shalmalee Palekar

Desire-less-ness / Fiona Peters

Bodies: Representations of Gender Identities

Underneath the Clothes - Transvestites without Vests: A Consideration in Art / Barbara Wagner

Of Swords and Rings: Genital Representation as Defining Sexual Identity and Sexual Liberation in Some Old French Fabliaux and Lais / Tovi Bibring

Only with You - Maybe - If You Make Me Happy: A Genealogy of Serial Monogamy as Governance Self-Governance / Serena Petrella

Legality, Bureaucracy, Religion, and Sexuality

A Project for Sexual Rights: Sexuality, Power, and Human Rights / Alejandro Cervantes-Carson and Tracy Citeroni

International Law, Children's Rights, and Queer Youth / Valerie D. Lehr

Acting Like a Professional: Identity Dilemmas for Gay Men / Nick Rumens

How Big is Your God? Queer Christian Social Movements / Jodi O'Brien

Notes on Contributors.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

94-012-0190-0

1-4237-8759-5

OCLC:

714567341