American Homo

American Homo
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Publisher : Verso Books
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9781788732338
ISBN-13 : 1788732332
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis American Homo by : Jeffrey Escoffier

A sweeping account of the way lesbian, gay, and bisexual people have challenged and changed society In this provocative book, Jeffrey Escoffier tracks LGBT movements across the contested terrain of American political life, where they have endured the historical tension between the homoeroticism coursing through American culture and the virulent periodic outbreaks of homophobic populism. Escoffier explores how every new success enables a new disciplinary and normalizing form of domination; only the active exercise of democratic rights and participation in radical coalitions allows LGBT people to sustain the benefits of community and the freedom of sexual perversity.

American Gay

American Gay
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 354
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ISBN-10 : 0226551938
ISBN-13 : 9780226551937
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis American Gay by : Stephen O. Murray

Drawing on two decades of research into gay life in North America, Stephen O. Murray examines the emergence of gay and lesbian social life, the creation of lisbigay communities, and the political and social forces of resistance that have mobilized and nurtured a group identity. Murray also considers the extent to which there is a single "modern" homosexuality, the enormous range of gay behaviors, and more.

The Cambridge Companion to American Gay and Lesbian Literature

The Cambridge Companion to American Gay and Lesbian Literature
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 279
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ISBN-10 : 9781107046498
ISBN-13 : 1107046491
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to American Gay and Lesbian Literature by : Scott Herring

"Writing anything definitive about the queer American novel will always be unsatisfying, if not impossible. Unsatisfying, because the romances they contain are uncertain and, quite often, doomed: heartbreak, violence, and persecution pepper nearly every page. Impossible, because the genre's terrain is as vast and uncertain as America itself: the spaces, the characters, plots, ideas, and dynamics - too varied. The minute you say one thing, you could say another. And perhaps that might be the point. As one character from Djuna Barnes's lesbian novel Nightwood puts it, "With an American anything can be done.'"1 We could say the same about the queer American novel. If there is anything consistently connecting this genre, it is that it features, however obliquely, the effects characters (usually American, but not always) have as they seek reasons for why they have sexual feelings for those that are not obvious or traditional object choices. Frequently, these effects instruct characters in their pursuit of self-knowledge and self-understanding, especially if others have pathologized their desires (and America has and does pathologize its queers). In her autobiographical graphic memoir Fun Home, Alison Bechdel tells a story of a variety of discoveries that books, explicitly queer or not, can inspire. During the same afternoon when she acknowledges that she is a "lesbian," she also finds herself asking a professor to let her take his course on James Joyce's Ulysses - her father's favorite book. As we move from the captions and the meticulous, stylized drawings, canonical books acquire an increasingly important role: books become guides to how Bechdel will affect "a convergence" with her "abstracted father.""--

The Gay Teen

The Gay Teen
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Publisher : Psychology Press
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 0415910951
ISBN-13 : 9780415910958
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis The Gay Teen by : Gerald Unks

Written by and for gay and straight teachers, this book explores gay student adolesence from discursive, practical, and theoretical perspectives. Essays are designed to introduce and sensitize educators to the complexities of gay identity and set forth some of the issues besetting gay youth in schools: alienation from peer groups, low academic achievement, violence, substance abuse, and the absence of gay teacher role models.

Latin American Writers on Gay and Lesbian Themes

Latin American Writers on Gay and Lesbian Themes
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 532
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ISBN-10 : 9780313368745
ISBN-13 : 0313368740
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis Latin American Writers on Gay and Lesbian Themes by : David William Foster

Gay and lesbian themes in Latin American literature have been largely ignored. This reference fills this gap by providing more than a hundred alphabetically arranged entries for Latin American authors who have treated gay or lesbian material in their works. Each entry explores the significance of gay and lesbian themes in a particular author's writings and closes with a bibliography of primary and secondary sources. The figures included have a professed gay identity, or have written on gay or lesbian themes in either a positive or negative way, or have authored works in which a gay sensibility can be identified. The volume pays particular attention to the difficulty of ascribing North American critical perspectives to Latin American authors, and studies these authors within the larger context of Latin American culture. The book includes entries for men and women, and for authors from Latin American countries as well as Latino writers from the United States. The entries are written by roughly 60 expert contributors from Latin America, the U.S., and Europe.

Homosexuality and American Public Life

Homosexuality and American Public Life
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1890626236
ISBN-13 : 9781890626235
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Homosexuality and American Public Life by : Christopher Wolfe

The most impressive and comprehensive response to the homosexual movement ever assembled. An imposing array of experts make the case that homosexuality is both a moral and psychological disorder and a matter for compassionate but urgent public concern.

Departing from Deviance

Departing from Deviance
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 363
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ISBN-10 : 9780226304458
ISBN-13 : 0226304450
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Departing from Deviance by : Henry L. Minton

The struggle to remove the stigma of sickness surrounding same-sex love has a long history. In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its diagnostic classification of mental illness, but the groundwork for this pivotal decision was laid decades earlier. In this new study, Henry L. Minton looks back at the struggle of the American gay and lesbian activists who chose scientific research as a path for advancing homosexual rights. He traces the history of gay and lesbian emancipatory research from its early beginnings in the late nineteenth century to its role in challenging the illness model in the 1970s. By examining archival sources and unpublished manuscripts, Minton reveals the substantial accomplishments made by key researchers and relates their life stories. He also considers the contributions of mainstream sexologists such as Alfred C. Kinsey and Evelyn Hooker, who supported the cause of homosexual rights through the advancement of scientific knowledge. By uncovering this hidden chapter in the story of gay liberation, Departing from Deviance makes an important contribution to both the history of science and the history of sexuality.

Gay Culture in America

Gay Culture in America
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Publisher : Beacon Press
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 0807079154
ISBN-13 : 9780807079157
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Gay Culture in America by : Gilbert Herdt

Groundbreaking anthology exploring the cultural and developmental experiences of gay men in America today.

Working With African American Males

Working With African American Males
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 409
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ISBN-10 : 9780761904724
ISBN-13 : 0761904727
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Working With African American Males by : Larry E. Davis

The contributors to this book write from their varying perspectives as educators, psychiatrists, anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists, and social workers to provide a broad, interdisciplinary view of the possible solutions to the different problems facing African American Men.

Jay's Gay Agenda

Jay's Gay Agenda
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 368
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ISBN-10 : 9780063015173
ISBN-13 : 006301517X
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Jay's Gay Agenda by : Jason June

From debut novelist Jason June comes a moving and hilarious sex-positive teen rom-com about the complexities of first loves, first hookups, and first heartbreaks—and how to stay true to yourself while embracing what you never saw coming, that’s perfect for fans of Sandhya Menon and Becky Albertalli. There’s one thing Jay Collier knows for sure—he’s a statistical anomaly as the only out gay kid in his small rural Washington town. While all his friends can’t stop talking about their heterosexual hookups and relationships, Jay can only dream of his own firsts, compiling a romance to-do list of all the things he hopes to one day experience—his Gay Agenda. Then, against all odds, Jay’s family moves to Seattle and he starts his senior year at a new high school with a thriving LGBTQIA+ community. For the first time ever, Jay feels like he’s found where he truly belongs. But as Jay begins crossing items off his list, he’ll soon be torn between his heart and his hormones, his old friends and his new ones . . . because after all, life and love don’t always go according to plan.