Lesbian And Gay Studies
This timely book seeks to demonstrate the coherence of lesbian and gay studies. It introduces the reader to the principal inter-disciplinary approaches in the field and critically assesses their strengths and weaknesses whilst asking: What is lesbian and gay studies? When did it emerge? And what are its achievements and research agenda?\ The gay and lesbian movement has emerged as a major political and cultural force. It poses a series of far reaching questions about the organization of...
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This timely book seeks to demonstrate the coherence of lesbian and gay studies. It introduces the reader to the principal inter-disciplinary approaches in the field and critically assesses their strengths and weaknesses whilst asking: What is lesbian and gay studies? When did it emerge? And what are its achievements and research agenda? The gay and lesbian movement has emerged as a major political and cultural force. It poses a series of far reaching questions about the organization of identity, the operation of power and the limits of tolerance. Lesbian and Gay Studies has emerged as a vital and enriching field.
Foreword1The Challenge of Lesbian and Gay Studies12Homosexuality, Psychology, and Gay and Lesbian Studies143Mapping the Sociological Gay: Past, Presents and Futures of a Sociology of Same Sex Relations464Hidden from History? Homosexuality and the Historical Sciences615Queering Anthropology816Homo Legalis: Lesbian and Gay in Legal Studies987The Private and the Public: Gay and Lesbian Issues in Political Science1138Geographies of Sexuality - A Review of Progress1329Gay Male Literary Studies14610Lesbian Literary Studies15411Fashionably Queer: Lesbian and Gay Cultural Studies16112Crossing Borders - A Debate on the Perspectives of Women's Studies and Gay and Lesbian Studies17513Fighting the Epidemic: Social AIDS Studies19514Conclusion: Gay and Lesbian Studies at the Crossroads215Index228
