Social Perspectives in Lesbian and Gay Studies: A Reader
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This comprehensive reader brings a social science perspective to an area previously dominated by the humanities. It follows the story of how sociology has come to engage with gay and lesbian issues from the 1950s to the present, from the earliest research on the underground worlds of gay men to the emergence of queer theory in the 1990s. Booknews Covers the social science perspective on gay and lesbian issues from the 1950s to the present. The 42 selectionsclassic readings as well as contributions from younger scholars from throughout the English-speaking worldaddress theoretical foundations, identity and community-making, institutions and social change, and challenges for future research. Each section begins with an introductory guide. Useful as a resource for a variety of courses in the sociology of sexuality and gender. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
A Note on the EditorsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Looking - The Sociological Baselines3"The Homosexual Community"5"The Social Integration of Queers and Peers"12"The Breastplate of Righteousness"29"The 'Queens'"38"Homosexualities: A Concluding Overview and Epilogue"51"Homosexuality: The Formulation of a Sociological Perspective"59"The Homosexual Role"68"The Homosexual Role: A Reconsideration"77"Homosexual Categories: Some Research Problems in the Labelling Perspective of Homosexuality"84"Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality"100"Gay Politics, Ethnic Identity: The Limits of Social Constructionism"134"Social Construction Theory: Problems in the History of Sexuality"1602Looking In - Identities and Communities173"The Development of the Homosexual Bar as an Institution"175"Space and Time"183"Gay Ghetto"194"The Institutional Elaboration of a Quasi-ethnic Community"207"An Identity Community"215"Structural Foundations of the Gay World"220"Coming Out in the Gay World"230"The Social Construction of Identity and its Meanings within the Lesbian Subculture"246"A Model of Homosexual Identity Formation"261"Gay and Lesbian Youth, Emergent Identities, and Cultural Scenes at Home and Abroad"2793Looking Out - Institutions and Social Change303"The End of the Homosexual?"306"The Meaning of Diversity"312"Silence, Death, and the Invisible Enemy: AIDS Activism and Social Movement 'Newness'"334"Collective Identity in Social Movement Communities: Lesbian Feminist Mobilization"349"Lesbian Involvement in the AIDS Epidemic: Changing Roles and Generational Differences"366"Peril and Promise: Lesbians' Workplace Participation"377"Families We Choose"390"Gay-Bashing: Violence and Aggression Against Gay Men and Lesbians"412"Gay Images and the Social Construction of Acceptability"434"Anatomy of a Panic: State Voyeurism, Gender Politics, and the Cult of Americanism"4674Looking Ahead - Challenges for Future Research479"Sexuality, Identity, and the Uses of History"481"Lesbian and Gay Rights in Europe: Homosexuality and the Law"491"The Emergence of a Non-government Response to AIDS"506"A Black Feminist Statement"521"Bridge, Drawbridge, Sandbar or Island: Lesbians-of-Color Hacienda Alianzas"527"Chicano Men: A Cartography of Homosexual Identity and Behavior"537"Sisters and Queers: The Decentering of Lesbian Feminism"553"Queering the State"564"A Place in the Rainbow: Theorizing Lesbian and Gay Culture"573"Must Identity Movements Self-destruct? A Queer Dilemma"589Afterword: "The Past, Present, and Futures of the Sociology of Same-sex Relations"605Index615
