21st-century gay culture / edited by David A. Powell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Powell, David A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay culture.

Gay people--Social life and customs--21st century.

Gay people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

21st-Century Gay Culture offers a collection of essays on the state of queer culture and queer studies at the beginning of the millennium. Authors from a variety of fields and specialties investigate topics concerning the ever fluid nature of labels and definitions in the LGBTQQA+ world. Issues include queer African-Americans, same-sex marriage, French gay culture, closeted and semi-closeted queers, among others.

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; BORN TOO SOON, BORN TOO LATE; ALLEN GINSBERG, HERBERT MARCUSE, AND THE POLITICS OF EROS; "THE SAME VITAL FLUX"; OUR SELVES NOW AND THEN; THE DICTATORSHIP OF MASCULINITY; ONE BIG QUEER EUROPEAN FAMILY?IMMIGRATION IN CONTEMPORARY SPANISHGAY AND LESBIAN FILMS; QUEER INTERNATIONALE; WHEN BLACK MEETS QUEER; DOMESTICATED IDENTITY; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-150) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-19058-X

9786612190582

1-4438-0675-7

OCLC:

816312056