LGBTQIA+ Studies / topics Books
University of Texas Press Decolonizing the Sodomite Queer Tropes of
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking study of alternative gender and sexuality in the colonial Andean world.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Transculturating Tropes of Sexuality, Tinkuy, and Third Gender in the Andes 1. Barbudos, Afeminados, and Sodomitas: Performing Masculinity in Premodern Spain 2. Decolonizing Queer Tropes of Sexuality: Chronicles and Myths of Conquest 3. From Supay Huaca to Queer Mother: Revaluing the Andean Feminine and Androgyne 4. Church and State: Inventing Queer Penitents and Tyrannical Others 5. Subaltern Hybridity?: Inca Garcilaso and the Transculturation of Gender and Sexuality in the Comentarios Reales Epilogue: Dancing the Tinkuy, Mediating Difference Notes Bibliography Index
£23.39
University of Texas Press Performing Mexicanidad
Book Synopsis Using interdisciplinary performance studies and cultural studies frameworks, Laura G. Gutiérrez examines the cultural representation of queer sexuality in the contemporary cultural production of Mexican female and Chicana performance and visual artists. In particular, she locates the analytical lenses of feminist theory and queer theory in a central position to interrogate Mexican female dissident sexualities in transnational public culture. This is the first book-length study to wed performance studies and queer theory in examining the performative/performance work of important contemporary Mexicana and Chicana cultural workers. It proposes that the creations of several important artists—Chicana visual artist Alma López; the Mexican political cabareteras Astrid Hadad, Jesusa Rodríguez, Liliana Felipe, and Regina Orozco; the Chicana performance artist Nao Bustamante; and the Mexican video artist Ximena Cuevas—unsettle heterosexual natTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction. Unsettling Comforts: Notes on Language, Politics, and Sex/Sexuality in a Transnational Context Part One. Reimagining the Archives of Femininity and Sexuality Chapter 1. Sexing Guadalupe in Transnational Double Crossings Chapter 2. Gender Parody, Political Satire, and Postmodern Rancheras: Astrid Hadad's "Heavy Nopal" Aesthetics Chapter 3. Fue en un cabaret: Nation, Melodrama, Gender, and Sexuality in Contemporary Mexican Performance Part Two. Chicana and Mexicana Queer Performative Interventions Chapter 4. Nao Bustamante's "Bad-Girl" Aesthetics Chapter 5. Ximena Cuevas's Critical Collages Coda. Transtortilleras: Political Cabaret in the Twenty-first Century Notes Works Cited Index
£21.59
University of Texas Press Queer Bergman
Book SynopsisForegrounding a fundamental aspect of the Swedish auteur’s work that has been routinely ignored, as well as the vibrant connection between postwar American queer culture and European art cinema, this book offers a pioneering reading of Bergman’s films asTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction. Ingmar Bergman and the Foreign Self Chapter One. "Foreign and Refreshing": The Art Cinema's Queer Allure Chapter Two. The Cultural Construction of a Cold War Auteur: Discourse and Counterdiscourse Chapter Three. The Uncanny Undefined Chapter Four. Staring Down Gender: "Caught Between the Shame of Looking and the Shame of Being Ashamed to Do So" Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£17.99
MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Gay American Autobiography From Whitman to
Book SynopsisSurveys the full range of gay men's autobiographical writing from Walt Whitman onwards. This title guides the reader chronologically through selected writings that give voice to every generation of gay writers since the nineteenth century, including a diverse array of American men of African, European, Jewish, Asian, and Latino heritage.Trade ReviewIntimacy as history! I adored these glimpses into gay men's lives, and thank David Bergman for having uncovered them. I only wish I'd had this book decades sooner. - Michael Lowenthal, author of Charity Girl ""Bergman has brought together an impressive, diverse cache of source materials in a field which has been written on, but has always lacked a generic anthology. There have been subject- and period-based anthologies, but nothing spanning the 150 years or so of available material in this way."" - Richard Canning, University of Sheffield
£22.46
MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Money Murder and Dominick Dunne A Life in
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£18.66
University of Wisconsin Press Men Ive Never Been
Book SynopsisRecounts Michael Sadowski's odyssey as a boy who shuns his own identity - and, ultimately, his sexual orientation - in order to become who he thinks he's supposed to be. By turns comic and tragic, this nuanced memoir uncovers the false selves we create to get along in the world and the price we pay to maintain them.Trade ReviewA powerful, beautiful sock in the stomach of a memoir. It's filled with living, breathing, three-dimensional people, settings that are so vivid they have a cinematic quality, refrains and reprises that give the whole story a musical coherence. The ending will leave readers in a state of-I don't know what-grief? joy? wonder? hope? All of those and more. I can imagine this book changing lives."" - Domenica Ruta, author of the memoir With or Without You ""A compelling and exceedingly well-written memoir that is, at times, as heart-wrenching and hilarious as any book I've read in a very long time. Sadowski is a craftsman; there's so much earned empathy and experience in here that it's hard to overstate."" - Jared Yates Sexton, author of The Man They Wanted Me to Be
£21.21
University of Wisconsin Press The Only Way Through Is Out
Book SynopsisBittersweet and empowering, The Only Way Through Is Out is both a coming-out and coming-of-age story, as well as a call to action for every human who is longing to live authentically but is afraid of the cost.Trade ReviewAn honest and insightful delve into coming out later in life, The Only Way Through Is Out is filled with tears, laughter, and, above all, hope." - Lara Lillibridge, author of Girlish: Growing Up in a Lesbian Home"I could not put this book down. Suzette shows us the search for one’s authentic self has no expiration date and is worth whatever it takes. This book is a glorious tale of tenacious courage that any woman searching for her path in life will love." - Jennifer Louden, national bestselling author of Why Bother? Discover the Desire for What’s Next "In The Only Way Through Is Out, Suzette Mullen reveals how she unearthed her true sexual identity from beneath a mountain of cultural, familial, and internalized heteronormativity. Swimming upstream, she emerges in midlife as the heroine of her own story, and as inspiration to any reader struggling to express their most authentic self." - Robin Rinaldi, author of The Wild Oats Project: One Woman’s Midlife Quest for Passion at Any CostTable of Contents Author’s Note Part One The Path The Unspeakable The Man I Love Listen and Lean In Zone of Privacy The Real Part Two Open Doors The Talk Sacred Vows LaLa Land Future Stories Heart Friends Sticky Wicket Brave Part Three The Family Coming Out My Power The Dating Game The Ledger Choices and Consequences The Plagues Doubt Surrender Part Four Detour Concern This Way Threshold Home Acknowledgments
£20.66
Yale University Press What Obergefell v. Hodges Should Have Said The
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Jack Balkin has gathered a terrific group of constitutional scholars to debate a fundamental issue: same-sex marriage. This is a great introduction to the confounding question of how Americans should interpret their Constitution in today's world.”—Geoffrey R. Stone, author of Sex and the Constitution"By including a wide spectrum of voices and social movement perspectives, this book provides an extraordinary case study of how constitutional law and politics can produce starkly different social meanings of such fundamental concepts as marriage and equality."—Nan D. Hunter, Georgetown University“This engaging and thought-provoking book features a wide range of scholarly views about marriage, constitutional liberty and equality, and the roads not taken in Obergefell.”— Mary L. Bonauto, attorney at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)
£35.62
WW Norton & Co The Man Who Ate Too Much
Book SynopsisThe definitive biography of America’s best-known and least understood food personality, and the modern culinary landscape he shaped.Trade Review"Birdsall’s sentences have rhythm, too, and compress time and place so that a meal becomes a history." -- Ligaya Mishan - The New York Times Book Review"Birdsall is not a polite biographer, and I say this with admiration... [he] applies his deep research to give us critical readings of Beard’s culinary style, documenting its zigzagging development through travel and apprenticeship, looking into dishes that shaped him and crucial meals he cooked, finding intellectual and sensual meaning in the relics of Beard’s delights." -- Tejal Rao - The New York Times Magazine"Birdsall has a good story to tell, and tells it well..." -- Adam Gopnik - The New Yorker"Like the life of James Beard, this biography is big and beautiful, heartbreaking and true. It is the celebration that Beard deserves." -- Rien Fertel - The Wall Street Journal"This is the first biography of Beard in 25 years and looks at not only his professional achievements but also his personal life as a gay man in 20th century America." -- The food books of 2020 to buy - The Independent"Packed with sensory detail, The Man Who Ate Too Much is a magnificent tribute to a titan of American life, who taught us, through the coded—or universal—language of food, our inalienable right to the pursuit of pleasure." -- Stephanie Sy-Quia - Times Literary Supplement
£25.19
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Intersectionality Sexuality and Psychological
Book SynopsisThis book explores the diversity in lesbian, gay, and bisexual lives, with the aim of opening up therapists' understanding of this diversity so that they can work in an ethical, supportive and non-discriminatory way with these individuals.Table of ContentsContributors ix Foreword by Dominic Davies xv Acknowledgements xvii Introduction 1 Roshan das Nair & Catherine Butler 1 Intersecting Identities 9 Damien W. Riggs & Roshan das Nair 2 Gender 31 Sonja J. Ellis 3 Race and Ethnicity 59 Roshan das Nair & Sonya Thomas 4 Religion 89 Roshan das Nair & Sonya Thomas 5 Refugees and Asylum Seekers 113 Stephen Higgins & Catherine Butler 6 Social Class 137 Roshan das Nair & Susan Hansen 7 Physical Health 163 Adam Jowett & Elizabeth Peel 8 Mental Health 185 Roshan das Nair & Sarah Fairbank 9 Disability 213 Catherine Butler 10 Age and Ageing 239 Stuart Gibson & Susan Hansen 11 From Invert to Intersectionality: Understanding the Past and Future of Sexuality 263 Esther D. Rothblum Index 269
£46.50
LUP - University of Michigan Press LGBT Youth in Americas Schools
Book SynopsisJason Cianciotto and Sean Cahill, experts on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender public policy advocacy, combine an accessible review of social science research with analyses of school practices. In addition, portraits of LGBT youth and their experiences with discrimination at school bring human faces to the issues the authors discuss.Trade ReviewTimely, comprehensive, and highly readable, this study warrants inclusion in any library serving school administrators, teachers, and other adults who work with and care for children and teens." — School Library Journal"For some of us, the days of high school may seem far removed, but LGBT Youth is truly a must-read for any educator and/or parent." — Instinct"While topics such as marriage equality, anti-LGBT hate crimes, and adoption by same-sex couples continue to grab news headlines, Jason Cianciotto and Sean Cahill remind readers to remember the youth affected by these human rights struggles in schools across the country. The educational foundation we offer these students today will impact the success of their, and our, tomorrow." — Gay Calgary Magazine"Cianciotto and Cahill's treatise is an informative and compelling basis for continuing the discussion (especially as regards LGBT students of color) of how best to protect the rights of a vulnerable and largely disenfranchised group." — Publishers Weekly"This book makes a pivotal and substantial contribution to the field that extends beyond the contributions of many other existing resources. ... [W]e recommend this book highly to researchers, school violence professionals, youth workers, educators, and policy makers in hopes that it will serve as a catalyst in our collective efforts to promote the overall health and well-being of LGBT youth." — Journal of School Violence"The authors do an exceptional job of providing a research-based background to contextualize the book around the need to support victims of homophobia in schools." — H.M. Miller, Mercy College, Choice - Highly Recommended
£24.65
LUP - University of Michigan Press Out of the Closets and into the Courts Legal
Book SynopsisAnalyzes the gay rights cases, and explores the complex relationship between litigation and social change. This work describes what happens when these cases enter the courtroom, and explains why they have met with mixed success. It explores both the promise and the limits of using legal mobilization to effect social change.
£23.70
LUP - University of Michigan Press Bulldaggers Pansies and Chocolate Babies
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£23.70
The University of Michigan Press Regimes of Desire
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£23.70
The University of Michigan Press EliteLed Mobilization and Gay Rights
Book SynopsisArgues that what appears to be public opinion backlash against gay rights is more consistent with elite-led mobilization - a strategy used by anti-gay elites, primarily white evangelicals, seeking to prevent the full incorporation of LGBT Americans in the polity in order to achieve political objectives and increase their political power.Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 Iowa's Irony Chapter 2 Toward a Theory of Elite-Led Mobilization Chapter 3 In Search of Backlash: The Experiments Chapter 4 In Search of Backlash: Observational Evidence Chapter 5 Institutions and Attitudes Chapter 6 The History of Gay Rights: Backlash or Elite-Led Mobilization? Chapter 7 Iowa's Judicial Retention Elections: Backlash or Elite-Led Mobilization? Chapter 8 Organize, Mobilize, Legislate, and Litigate Appendices Notes Bibliography
£27.50
LUP - University of Michigan Press Queer Livability
Book SynopsisBrings together an exciting new archive of queer and trans voices from the history of sexual sciences in the German-speaking world. The book shows that individual voices of trans and queer writers had a significant impact on the production of knowledge about gender and sexuality and introduces lesser known texts to a new readership.Table of Contents Introduction Queer Livability: German Sexual Sciences and Life Writing Chapter 1 Hospitable Reading: Autobiography, Readership and Ethics in Sexual-Scientific Life Writing Chapter 2 Gender, Agency and Prosthetic Metaphor in Sexual-Scientific Life Writing Chapter 3 Frames of Livability: Sexual-scientific Encounter, Photography and the Department Store Chapter 4 Trans-investiture: Writing Gender Transition in the 1890s and 1920s Chapter 5 Queer Livability and Sexual Subjectivity in the Wolf Man Archive Conclusion
£19.90
The University of Michigan Press Lady Dicks and Lesbian Brothers
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£22.75
LUP - University of Michigan Press James Baldwin and the Queer Imagination
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£19.90
LUP - University of Michigan Press The Skin of Meaning
Book SynopsisIn this collection, Aaron Shurin has brought together thirty years’ worth of his provocative essays. Fuelled by gender and queer studies and combined with radical traditions in poetry, Shurin’s essays combine a highly personal and lyrical vision with a trenchant social analysis of poetry’s possibilities.Trade ReviewReading these essays I’m struck by how fully Aaron Shurin combines a personal history with a prophetic, conceptual, strongly non-personal vision. With masterful intelligence he has presided over, partaken of, and influenced through his analysis avant-gardes as varied as Language Poetry, New Narrative, and conceptual or procedural poetry, on each of which he has written near-definitive texts. His writing about AIDS, brilliantly gathered here—rich, fantastic, and steely-eyed—encompasses the functions of a great novel: total immersion into a mysterious eco-political world. The Skin of Meaning concludes with a bracing interview, in which one of the more profoundly original poets of our day insists on a ‘unity of semantic and phonemic density together’ as poetry’s bottom line, at which point one wants to stand up and cheer, book in hand—book flies into sky, into stars, into the ages.” —Kevin Killian, California College of the Arts
£25.60
LUP - University of Michigan Press Charles Ludlam Lives
Book SynopsisPlaywright, actor and director Charles Ludlam (1943-1987) helped to galvanize the Ridiculous style of theater in New York City starting in the 1960s. Although his Ridiculous Theatrical Company shut its doors, the Ludlamesque Ridiculous has continued to thrive. Sean F. Edgecomb focuses on neo-Ridiculous artists to trace the connections between Ludlam's legacy and their performances.Trade ReviewSean Edgecomb thinks beyond pre- and post-Stonewall definitions of camp (without neglecting their significance) to argue that camp not only persists but remains a relevant tactic of transformational queer performance. Charles Ludlam Lives! is a smart, beautifully written book that will make a lasting contribution to gay and lesbian performance history."" - Shane Vogel, Indiana University""Charles Ludlam would be thrilled—just as he toyed with and overturned the conventions of popular theatre, this book playfully and brilliantly queers performance scholarship in its exploration of Ridiculous legacies. Edgecomb’s research is adventurous, and the writing is lively and compelling. Most importantly, the central figures, Charles Ludlam, Charles Busch, Bradford Louryk, and Taylor Mac, receive the full diva treatment they deserve."" - James Wilson, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY
£19.90
The University of Michigan Press Translocas
Book SynopsisFocuses on drag and transgender performance and activism in Puerto Rico and its diaspora. Arguing for its political potential, Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes explores the social and cultural disruptions caused by Latin American and Latinx ‘locas’ and the various forms of violence that queer individuals in Puerto Rico and the US are subjected to.
£23.70
The University of Michigan Press The Taylor Mac Book Ritual Realness and Radical
Book SynopsisThe first book to dedicate critical attention to the work of influential theater-maker Taylor Mac. Featuring essays, interviews, and commentaries by noted critics and artists, the volume examines the vastness of Mac’s theatrical imagination, the singularity of their voice, and the inclusiveness of their cultural insights and critiques.Trade ReviewThe Taylor Mac Book is an overdue encomium to the work of an artist who defines the cutting edge in theater, performance, and the interpretation of American song. With maximalist exuberance and impish daring, Taylor Mac has revived the fortunes of queer aesthetics for our parlous times. How great that now we all get to hang out with judy and the crew in this deliriously welcome collection of essays." —Tavia Nyong’o, Yale University "This book is a joy to read, conveying the spirit, mischief, and intellect of Taylor Mac’s work and reflecting its genius and complexity. The mix of topics and styles is well suited to the multifaceted nature of Mac’s work and also makes for engaged reading." —Jennifer Parker-Starbuck, Royal Holloway, University of LondonTable of Contents Preface: “It’s going to go on a lot longer than you want it to”: A Conversation about Taylor Mac, Covid and Collaboration. David Román and Sean F. Edgecomb Acknowledgments Introduction: The Early Performance of Taylor Mac Sean F. Edgecomb 1: Participation, Endurance, and the Pucker in Taylor Mac’s The Lily’s Revenge Carrie J. Preston 2: Between Hir and There: Considering Taylor Mac’s Work as Bridging Genres Kelly I. Aliano 3: Queer Pussy Time: Taylor Mac’s Lesbian Decade Kim Marra 4: Too Slow: Taylor Mac and the Rubs of Time Lisa A. Freeman 5: Taylor Mac, Walt Whitman, and Adhesive America: Cruising Utopia with the Good Gay Poet Jennifer Buckley 6: Circles and Lines: Community and Legacy in Taylor Mac’s Gary: A Sequel to “Titus Andronicus” Erika T. Lin 7: Designturgy, Being Queer: Taylor Mac Wears Machine Dazzle in 24 Decades Sissi Liu 8: Sing the Revolution!: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Taylor Mac and the Great American Songbook David Román 9: The Walk Across America for Mother Earth Paul Zimet 10: An Interview with Taylor Mac Kevin Sessums 11: Reflections on CollaborationMatt RayMachine Dazzle Viva DeConciniNiegel SmithTigger! Ferguson Barbara Gustern Linda Brumbach Contributors Bibliography Index
£31.30
LUP - University of Michigan Press Cast Out Queer Lives in Theater
Book SynopsisPresents a collection by leading theater performers, practitioners, critics, and passionate spectators. This book offers a backstage pass to the personal and creative lives of some of the most important and influential theater artists of the past years.
£999.99
LUP - University of Michigan Press Butch Queens Up in Pumps
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£65.50
The University of Michigan Press Queer Roots for the Diaspora
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This is a fascinating and impressive piece of work, which makes animportant contribution to queer, post-colonial, and diaspora studies.” - William Marshall, University of Stirling
£73.10
LUP - University of Michigan Press Greasepaint Puritan Boston to 42nd Street in the
Book SynopsisDetails the life and work of Bradford Ropes, author of the bawdy 1932 novel 42nd Street, on which the classic film and its stage adaptation are based. Each of Ropes’s long-forgotten novels was inspired by his own experiences as a performer, and focused on the lives of gay men in show business.Table of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION The Enduring Myth of 42nd Street and the “Forgotten Melody” of Bradford Ropes INTERLUDE The Stories of Ropes’s Backstage Trilogy ONE Peering Back at “Proper Boston” TWO Drag Reveals and “Strange Interludes”: Billy Bradford’s Dances on Broadway THREE “This is Not a Book to Give to a Maiden Aunt”: The Influence of Backstage Novels and “Pansy Craze” Novels FOUR “Light-Hearted and Damned”: Anti-Gay Discrimination and Camp Defiance in Ropes’s Backstage Novels FIVE “Your Blood Responds More Eagerly to the Lure of the Theatre”: The Backstage Trilogy, the Puritan Ethos, and the Myth of “The Show Must Go On” SIX Bringing Back Bradford Ropes Notes Bibliography Index
£999.99
The University of Michigan Press Big Feelings
£76.90
LUP - University of Michigan Press Singing Out GALA Choruses and Social Change
Book SynopsisCan you change the world through song? This appealing idea has long been the aim of singers who are part of the Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses. By taking a close look at these choruses and their mission, Heather MacLachlan unpacks the fascinating historical and cultural dynamics behind groups that seek to change society for the better.
£64.95
University of California Press Sapphos Lyre
Book SynopsisPresents the works of seventeen poets, including a selection of archaic lyric and the complete surviving works of the ancient Greek women poets.Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments Map Introduction ARCHILOCHOS ALKMAN STESICHOROS SAPPHO ALKAIOS IBYKOS ANAKREON SIMONI DES KORINNA TELESILLA PRAXILLA ERINNA ANYTE NOSSIS MOIRO HEDYLA MELINNO Abbreviations Notes Select Bibliography Numeration Table
£22.50
University of California Press Ritualized Homosexuality in Melanesia 2 Studies
Book SynopsisA collection of essays by anthropologists on the subject of ritualized homosexuality. Their studies in cross-cultural variations in homosexual behaviour in a non-Western culture area indicate that contemporary theories of sex and gender development need revision.Table of ContentsIntroduction to the Paperback Edition Editor's Preface 1 Gilbert H. Herdt Ritualized Homosexual Behavior in the Male Cults of Melanesia, 1862-1983: An Introduction 2 Michael R. Allen Homosexuality, Male Power, and Political Organization in North Vanuatu: A Comparative Analysis 3 J. Van Baal The Dialectics of Sex in Marind-anim Culture 4 Gilbert H. Herdt Semen Transactions in Sambia Culture 5 Kenneth E. Read The Nama Cult Recalled 6 Eric Schwimmer Male Couples in New Guinea 7 Laurent Serpenti The Ritual Meaning of Homosexuality and Pedophilia among the Kimam-Papuans of South Irian Jaya 8 Arve S0rum Growth and Decay: Bedamini Notions of Sexuality 9 Shirley Lindenbaum Variations on a Sociosexual Theme in Melanesia Bibliography Contributors Index Maps 1 New Guinea and adjacent islands 2 Vanuatu (New Hebrides) 3 Southwest New Guinea (lrian Jaya) Map of Melanesia frontispiece
£27.90
University of California Press Cartographies of Desire
Book SynopsisA study of the mapping and remapping of male-male sexuality over four centuries of Japanese history. It explores the languages of medicine, law, and popular culture from the seventeenth century through the American Occupation. It opens with speculations about how an Edo translator might grapple with a twentieth-century text on homosexuality.Trade Review"This is scholarship at its best. Gregory Pflugfelder' s wide-ranging study of male-male sexuality in Japan is brilliantly conceived and scrupulously argued. He shows how cultural constructs shaped the ways in which Japanese have conceptualized male-male sexuality from the Edo period through the early twentieth century. Wisely he takes as his subject discourse about sexuality, not sexual activity. He examines popular, legal, and medical dimensions of this discourse, noting the interaction among these domains and the impact on them of foreign ideas and larger changes in Japanese society." * Monumenta Nipponica *"The book has great merit. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, it stands as a foundational piece of scholarship, one that future studies of Japanese sexualities and masculinities will respond to for years come. That, in itself, is a singular accomplishment, and one that is achieved by very few scholars." * Journal of Asian Studies *"Cartographies of Desire is the best book on the topic of nanshoku to date, not only in English, but in any language, and it is unlikely to be surpassed any time soon. . . . It combines meticulous research and superb analysis, and is indeed a theoretically nuanced discussion of representations of male-male sexuality that renders justice to the scope and significance of the topic." * Journal of Japanese Studies *"Japan's history. Pflugfelder's analysis of discourses on homosexuality in the Edo period (1600-1868) is vastly superior to any we have seen before . . . Pflugfelder offers important insights into the reasons why homosexuality in Japan manifests itself as it does today, with popular culture again providing the major discourse." * Social Science Japan Journal *"A meticulous and brilliantly argued piece of scholarship and should become the definitive work on early-modern Japanese male homosexuality." * Culture, Health & Sexuality *"This book is an extraordinary contribution to the substantial, growing amount of English-language scholarship on the history of homosexuality in Japan. . . . This is an indispensable work, there being nothing comparable even in Japanese, and it will have a major impact on studies of male-male sexuality in global perspective." * American Historical Review *"A landmark book. It deserves reading and rereading, not only for its theoretical sophistication and wealth of historical detail, but also for the clear proof it offers that the study of sexuality has the potential to generate important insights about vast areas of the human past." * Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note Introduction 1. Authorizing Pleasure: Male-Male Sexuality In Edo-Period Popular Discourse 2. Policing the Perisexual: Male-Male Sexuality In Edo-Period Legal Discourse 3. The Forbidden Chrysanthemum: Male-Male Sexuality In Meiji Legal Discourse 4. Toward the Margins: Male-Male Sexuality in Meiji Popular Discourse 5. Doctoring Love: Male-Male Sexuality In Medical Discourse From the Edo Period Through the Early Twentieth Century 6. Pleasures of the Perverse: Male-Male Sexuality In Early Twentieth-Century Popular Discourse Bibliography Index
£26.10
University of California Press Plane Queer
Book SynopsisBeginning with the founding of profession in late 1920s and continuing into post-September 11 era, this title examines the history of men who joined workplaces customarily identified as female-oriented. It examines various hardships these men faced at work, paying particular attention to conflation of gender-based, and AIDS-based discrimination.Trade Review"A stunning success and an enormously important contribution to not only LGBT history, but also to the labor, feminist, legal, aviation, and AIDS historiographic literatures... Plane Queer is essential reading for anybody interested in LGBT history... Pick the book up. Read it. You won't be disappointed, I promise." -- Chrislove Daily Kos "In this seemingly narrow demographic, Tiemeyer finds notable achievements in equal rights, from the first workplace health benefits for domestic partners, in 2001, to a 1984 legal decision forcing an airline to reinstate a flight attendant with AIDS, which he argues was a key step in the run-up to the 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act." -- Don Sapatkin Philadelphia Inquirer "Tiemeyer's fascinating, in-depth study reveals that the very assumption that male flight attendants are gay has led to major conflicts--and major progress." -- Jim Gladstone Passport MagazineTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Pre--World War II "Gay" Flight Attendant 2. The Cold War Gender Order 3. "Homosexual Panic" and the Steward's Demise 4. Flight Attendants and Queer Civil Rights 5. Flight Attendants, Women's Liberation, and Gay Liberation 6. Flight Attendants and the Origins of an Epidemic 7. The Traynor Legacy versus the "Patient Zero" Myth 8. Queer Equality in the Age of Neoliberalism Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£50.15
University of California Press Plane Queer
Book SynopsisBeginning with the founding of profession in late 1920s and continuing into post-September 11 era, this title examines the history of men who joined workplaces customarily identified as female-oriented. It examines various hardships these men faced at work, paying particular attention to conflation of gender-based, and AIDS-based discrimination.Trade Review"A stunning success and an enormously important contribution to not only LGBT history, but also to the labor, feminist, legal, aviation, and AIDS historiographic literatures... Plane Queer is essential reading for anybody interested in LGBT history... Pick the book up. Read it. You won't be disappointed, I promise." -- Chrislove Daily Kos "In this seemingly narrow demographic, Tiemeyer finds notable achievements in equal rights, from the first workplace health benefits for domestic partners, in 2001, to a 1984 legal decision forcing an airline to reinstate a flight attendant with AIDS, which he argues was a key step in the run-up to the 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act." -- Don Sapatkin Philadelphia Inquirer "Tiemeyer's fascinating, in-depth study reveals that the very assumption that male flight attendants are gay has led to major conflicts--and major progress." -- Jim Gladstone Passport MagazineTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Pre--World War II "Gay" Flight Attendant 2. The Cold War Gender Order 3. "Homosexual Panic" and the Steward's Demise 4. Flight Attendants and Queer Civil Rights 5. Flight Attendants, Women's Liberation, and Gay Liberation 6. Flight Attendants and the Origins of an Epidemic 7. The Traynor Legacy versus the "Patient Zero" Myth 8. Queer Equality in the Age of Neoliberalism Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£22.50
University of California Press The Mating Game
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Noting that 'the more things change, the more they stay the same,' Lamont finds that traditional gender-role expectations have not changed much; men still ask women out more often and hope for sex sooner than women, and women generally still wait to be asked out and are reticent to have sex 'too soon.' This book provides an interesting take on some presupposed assumptions." * CHOICE *"The Mating Game is an ambitious project that strategically investigates views held by three distinct groups, each navigating complex social structures and cultural narratives around romantic courtship. Lamont offers a refreshing and strong framework to analyze courtship on an individual, group, and societal level. It is a strong addition to growing scholarship on young adults as well as the possible application of queerness in mainstream cultural reform." * Men and Masculinities *"Lamont’s well-designed empirical project and insightful theoretical analysis advance our conversations about the state of the gender revolution in the 21st century." * American Journal of Sociology *"Lamont’s analysis of these stories reminds us that there are possibilities beyond what society currently offers us. I ultimately came away from this book feeling inspired and empowered to turn such possibilities into reality." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. The Puzzling Persistence of Gendered Dating 2. The Quest for Egalitarian Love 3. New Goals, Old Scripts: Heterosexual Women Caught between Tradition and Equality 4. A Few Good (Heterosexual) Men: Inequality Disguised as Romance 5. Queering Courtship: LGBQ People Reimagine Relationships 6. The More Things Change . . . 7. Dated Dating and the Stalled Gender Revolution Appendix 1: Summary of Interview Respondents Appendix 2: Interview Guide Notes References Index
£22.50
University of California Press A Dirty South Manifesto Sexual Resistance and
Book SynopsisFrom the shutdown of Planned Parenthood clinics and rising rates of HIV to opposition to marriage equality and bathroom bills, the New South is the epicenter of the new sex wars. Antagonism toward reproductive freedom, partner rights, and transgender rights has revealed a new and unacknowledged era of southern reconstruction centered on gender and sexuality. In A Dirty South Manifesto, L.H. Stallings celebrates the roots of radical sexual resistance in the New Southa movement that is antiracist, decolonial, and transnational. For people within economically disenfranchised segments of society, those in sexually marginalized communities, and the racially oppressed, the South has been a sexual dystopia. Throughout this book, Stallings delivers hard-hitting manifestos for the new sex wars. With her focus on contemporary Black southern life, Stallings offers an invitation to anyone who has ever imagined a way of living beyond white supremacist heteropatriarchy.Trade Review"An excellent addition to the existing literature on reproductive rights and sexual freedom." * Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work *"A Dirty South Manifesto is thoughtful and thought-provoking, and it is funny and heart-breaking at the same time." * Resources for Gender & Women's Studies: A Feminist Review *Table of ContentsOverview Introduction Slow Tongue Manifesto Chapter 1 Dirt Manifesto Chapter 2 Geophukit Manifesto Chapter 3 T.R.A.P. (The Ratchet Alliance for Prosperity) Manifesto Chapter 4 WeUsIOurU Future Pronouns Manifesto Chapter 5 Honeysuckle, Not Honey Sucka! Manifesto Coda Acknowledgments Notes Glossary Key Figures Selected Bibliography
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University of California Press A Dirty South Manifesto Sexual Resistance and
Book SynopsisFrom the shutdown of Planned Parenthood clinics and rising rates of HIV to opposition to marriage equality and bathroom bills, the New South is the epicenter of the new sex wars. Antagonism toward reproductive freedom, partner rights, and transgender rights has revealed a new and unacknowledged era of southern reconstruction centered on gender and sexuality. In A Dirty South Manifesto, L.H. Stallings celebrates the roots of radical sexual resistance in the New Southa movement that is antiracist, decolonial, and transnational. For people within economically disenfranchised segments of society, those in sexually marginalized communities, and the racially oppressed, the South has been a sexual dystopia. Throughout this book, Stallings delivers hard-hitting manifestos for the new sex wars. With her focus on contemporary Black southern life, Stallings offers an invitation to anyone who has ever imagined a way of living beyond white supremacist heteropatriarchy.Trade Review"An excellent addition to the existing literature on reproductive rights and sexual freedom." * Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work *"A Dirty South Manifesto is thoughtful and thought-provoking, and it is funny and heart-breaking at the same time." * Resources for Gender & Women's Studies: A Feminist Review *Table of ContentsOverview Introduction Slow Tongue Manifesto Chapter 1 Dirt Manifesto Chapter 2 Geophukit Manifesto Chapter 3 T.R.A.P. (The Ratchet Alliance for Prosperity) Manifesto Chapter 4 WeUsIOurU Future Pronouns Manifesto Chapter 5 Honeysuckle, Not Honey Sucka! Manifesto Coda Acknowledgments Notes Glossary Key Figures Selected Bibliography
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University of California Press Bathroom Battlegrounds How Public Restrooms Shape
Book SynopsisToday's debates about transgender inclusion and public restrooms may seem unmistakably contemporary, but they have a surprisingly long and storied history in the United Statesone that concerns more than mere potty politics. Alexander K. Davis takes readers behind the scenes of two hundred years' worth of conflicts over the existence, separation, and equity of gendered public restrooms, documenting at each step how bathrooms have been entangled with bigger cultural matters: the importance of the public good, the reach of institutional inclusion, the nature of gender difference, and, above all, the myriad privileges of social status. Chronicling the debut of nineteenth-century comfort stations, twentieth-century mandates requiring equal-but-separate men's and women's rooms, and twenty-first-century uproar over laws like North Carolina's bathroom bill, Davis reveals how public restrooms are far from marginal or unimportant social spaces. Instead, they areand always have beenconsequential sites in which ideology, institutions, and inequality collide.Trade Review“Essential. All readership levels.” * CHOICE *"Davis finds that bathrooms have consistently been entangled with larger cultural matters such as the public good, the reach of institutional inclusion, the nature of gender difference, and, above all, the myriad privileges of social status." * Law & Social Inquiry *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Politicizing the Potty 2. Professionalizing Plumbing 3. Regulating Restrooms 4. Working against the Washroom 5. Leveraging the Loo 6. Transforming the Toilet Conclusion Appendix: Data and Methodology Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Bathroom Battlegrounds How Public Restrooms Shape
Book SynopsisToday's debates about transgender inclusion and public restrooms may seem unmistakably contemporary, but they have a surprisingly long and storied history in the United Statesone that concerns more than mere potty politics. Alexander K. Davis takes readers behind the scenes of two hundred years' worth of conflicts over the existence, separation, and equity of gendered public restrooms, documenting at each step how bathrooms have been entangled with bigger cultural matters: the importance of the public good, the reach of institutional inclusion, the nature of gender difference, and, above all, the myriad privileges of social status. Chronicling the debut of nineteenth-century comfort stations, twentieth-century mandates requiring equal-but-separate men's and women's rooms, and twenty-first-century uproar over laws like North Carolina's bathroom bill, Davis reveals how public restrooms are far from marginal or unimportant social spaces. Instead, they areand always have beenconsequential sites in which ideology, institutions, and inequality collide.Trade Review“Essential. All readership levels.” * CHOICE *"Davis finds that bathrooms have consistently been entangled with larger cultural matters such as the public good, the reach of institutional inclusion, the nature of gender difference, and, above all, the myriad privileges of social status." * Law & Social Inquiry *"This work is an important contribution to scholarship on gender, boundary work, organizations, and citizenship. Davis’s work is simultaneously empirically and theoretically driven and easy to read." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Politicizing the Potty 2. Professionalizing Plumbing 3. Regulating Restrooms 4. Working against the Washroom 5. Leveraging the Loo 6. Transforming the Toilet Conclusion Appendix: Data and Methodology Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Queer Public History
Book SynopsisOver the course of the last half century, queer history has developed as a collaborative project involving academic researchers, community scholars, and the public. Initially rejected by most colleges and universities, queer history was sustained for many years by community-based contributors and audiences. Academic activism eventually made a place for queer history within higher education, which in turn helped queer historians become more influential in politics, law, and society. Through a collection of essays written over three decades by award-winning historian Marc Stein, Queer Public History charts the evolution of queer historical interventions in the academic sphere and explores the development of publicly oriented queer historical scholarship. From the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and the rise of queer activism in the 1990s to debates about queer immigration, same-sex marriage, and the politics of gay pride in the early twenty-first century, Stein introduces readers to key themes Trade Review"Queer Public History is a uniquely personal look into how public history has been formed in the LGBTQ+ community. The linkages between public and academic, between personal and political, and their ties to activism are laid out for the reader to explore in detail. Stein’s contribution is both to public history and to LGBTQ+ history and highlights how, in his case, they cannot be understood separately and are the better for it." * Public Historian *Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Introduction Part One. Queer Memories of the 1980s 1. Jonathan Ned Katz Murdered Me: History and Suicide 2. Memories of the 1987 March on Washington Part Two. Discipline, Punish, and Protest 3. Committee on Lesbian and Gay History Survey on LGBTQ History Careers 4. Crossing Borders: Memories, Dreams, Fantasies, and Nightmares of the History Job Market 5. Post-Tenure Lavender Blues 6. Political History and the History of Sexuality Part Three. Histories of Queer Activism 7. Coming Out and Going Public: A History of Lesbians and Gay Men Taking to Queer Street, Philadelphia, USA 8. Approaching Stonewall from the City of Sisterly and Brotherly Loves 9. Recalling Dewey’s Sit-In 10. Fifty Years of LGBT Movement Activism in Philadelphia 11. Heterosexuality in America: Fifty Years and Counting Part Four. Queer Historical Interventions 12. Monica, Bill, History, and Sex 13. In My Wildest Dreams: Advice for George Bush 14. In My Wildest Dreams: The Marriage That Dare Not Speak Its Name 15. From the Glorious Strike to Obama’s New Executive Order 16. “In My Mind I’m (Not) Going to Carolina” Part Five. Queer Immigration 17. Alienated Affections: Remembering Clive Michael Boutilier (1933–2003) 18. The Supreme Court’s Sexual Counter-Revolution 19. Immigration Is a Queer Issue: From Fleuti to Trump 20. Defectives of the World, Unite! Part Six. Sex, Law, and the Supreme Court 21. Queer Eye for the FBI 22. Gay Rights and the Supreme Court: The Early Years 23. Justice Kennedy and the Future of Same-Sex Marriage 24. Five Myths about Roe v. Wade 25. Refreshing Abominations: An Open Letter to Anthony Kennedy Part Seven. Exhibiting Queer History 26. Introduction to the Philadelphia LGBT History Project 27. U.S. Homophile Internationalism: Archive and Exhibit 28. “Black Lesbian in White America”: Interviewing Anita Cornwell Part Eight. Stonewall, Popularity, and Publicity 29. Toward a Theory of the Stonewall Revolution 30. Queer Rage: Police Violence and the Stonewall Rebellion of 1969 31. A Documentary History of Stonewall: An Interview with Marc Stein 32. Stonewall and Queens 33. Recalling Purple Hands Protests of 1969 Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Index
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University of California Press Unlivable Lives
Book SynopsisAnti-violence movements rooted in identity politics are commonplace, including those to stop violence against people of color, women, and LGBT people. Unlivable Lives reveals the unintended consequences of this approach within the transgender rights movement in the United States. It illustrates how this form of activism obscures the causes of and lasting solutions to violence and exacerbates fear among members of the identity group, running counter to the goal of making lives more livable. Analyzing over a thousand documents produced by thirteen national organizations, Westbrook charts both a history of the movement and a path forward that relies less on identity-based tactics and more on intersectionality and coalition building. Provocative and galvanizing, this book envisions new strategies for anti-violence and social justice movements and will revolutionize the way we think about this form of activism.Trade Review"This book will appeal to all people interested in trans politics. Versatile and accessible, it will be helpful to activists and useful for graduate and undergraduate courses in social movements, sociology of gender, public policy, law, criminology, and women/gender/sexuality studies." * Mobilization *"Unlivable Lives represents a splendid contribution to sociological literature as well as a useful volume for teachers and researchers working in a variety of subfields and disciplines." * Contemporary Sociology *"Laurel Westbrook has written an invaluable analysis of the trans anti-violence movement in the United States. . . . a courageous book." * New Mexico Historical Review *"Unlivable Lives makes an invaluable intervention in how academics and activists discuss trans people and organize against violence." * TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly *"Westbrook’s writing is simultaneously accessible and theoretically sophisticated. . . . This work is an important contribution to the study of anti-transgender crime, particularly with the paucity of reliable data on fatal violence against transgender persons." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Unlivable Lives: The Origins and Outcomes of Identity-Based Anti-Violence Activism 2. Violence Matters: Producing Identity through Accounts of Murder 3. Atypical Archetypes: The Causes and Consequences of Famous Victims of Violence 4. Homogeneous Subjecthood: How Activists' Focus on Identity Obscures Patterns of Violence 5. Valuable and Vulnerable: How Activists' Tactical Repertoires Shape Subjecthood and Generate Fear 6. Shaping Solutions: How Identity Politics Influences Violence-Prevention Efforts 7. Facilitating Livable Lives: Alternative Approaches to Anti-Violence Activism Appendix A: Transgender Anti-Violence Organizations Appendix B: Collecting Data on Murders of Transgender People Notes References Index
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University of California Press Loves Next Meeting
Book SynopsisHow queerness and radical politics intersectedearlier than you thought. Well before Stonewall, a broad cross section of sexual dissidents took advantage of their space on the margins of American society to throw themselves into leftist campaigns. Sensitive already to sexual marginalization, they also saw how class inequality was exacerbated by the Great Depression, witnessing the terrible bread lines and bread riots of the era. They participated in radical labor organizing, sympathized like many with the earlyprewar Soviet Union, contributed to the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, opposed US police and state harassment, fought racial discrimination, and aligned themselves with the dispossessed. Whether they were themselves straight, gay, or otherwise queer, they brought sexual dissidence and radicalism into conversation at the height of the Left's influence on American culture. Combining rich archival research with inventive analysis of art and literature, Love's Next MeetiTrade Review“A startling and joyful work of scholarship, a book about revolutionary people that feels revolutionary itself.” * Jacobin *"Nothing less than revelatory. . . . As Lecklider shows, through a combination of meticulous archival research and astute, often surprising analysis, in the decades before Stonewall, homosexual and gender nonconforming men and women were fighting for liberation through involvement with the Left. . . . They took part in radical labor organizing, joined the fight against Fascism in the Spanish Civil War, opposed racism, sexism, and state and police repression. They were intersectional avant la lettre." * PopMatters *“Rather than treat political radicalism and dissident sexuality as discrete phenomena, Lecklider convincingly demonstrates how sexual “deviance” and anti-capitalist views coevolved alongside racial and immigrant justice and women’s liberation in the context of the US's diversifying urban centers. . . . Students of sexuality, American radicalism, and urban history will learn much from Love’s Next Meeting.” * CHOICE *“Lecklider traces a usable past for queer-Left politics that is saturated with humor and memorable detail. . . . Love’s Next Meeting makes a major contribution to histories of sexuality, queer politics, the Left, and American culture. Deeply researched, powerfully argued, and passionately written." * Journal of the History of Sexuality * "Pithy and provocative, Love’s Next Meeting is the culmination of Lecklider’s years long deep dive into the question of why sexual dissidents were attracted to the Old Left even though the Left officially rejected them." * Against the Current: A Socialist Journal *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Deviant Politics 1. "Flaunting the Transatlantic Breeze": Sexual Dissidents on the Left 2. "After Sex, What?": Politicizing Sex on the Left 3. "To Be One with the People": Homosexuality and the Cultural Front 4. "If I Can Die under You": Homosexuality and Labor on the Left 5. "Socialism & Sex Is What I Want": Women, Gender, and Sexual Dissidence in the 1930s and 1940s 6. "Playing the Queers": Homosexuality in Proletarian Literature 7. "We Who Are Not Ill": Queer Antifascism 8. "The Secret Element of Their Vice": Deviant Politics in the Cold War List of Abbreviations Notes Index
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University of California Press Amphibious Subjects
Book SynopsisA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Amphibious Subjects is an ethnographic study of a community of self-identified effeminate menknown in local parlance as sassoresiding in coastal Jamestown, a suburb of Accra, Ghana's capital. Drawing on the Ghanaian philosopher Kwame Gyekye's notion of amphibious personhood, Kwame Edwin Otu argues that sasso embody and articulate amphibious subjectivity in their self-making, creating an identity that moves beyond the homogenizing impulses of western categories of gender and sexuality. Such subjectivity simultaneously unsettles claims purported by the Christian heteronationalist state and LGBT+ human rights organizations that Ghana is predominantly heterosexual or homophobic. Weaving together personal interactions with sasso, participant observation, autoethnography, archival sources, essays from African and African-diasporic literature, and critical analyses of documentaries such as the BBC's The World's Worst Place to Be Gay, Amphibious Subjects is an ethnographic meditation on how Africa is configured as the heart of homophobic darkness in transnational LGBT+ human rights imaginaries.
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University of California Press A Proximate Remove
Book SynopsisA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visitwww.luminosoa.orgto learn more. How might queer theory transform our interpretations of medieval Japanese literature and how might this literature reorient the assumptions, priorities, and critical practices of queer theory? Through a close reading of The Tale of Genji, an eleventh-century text that depicts the lifestyles of aristocrats during the Heian period, A Proximate Remove explores this question by mapping the destabilizing aesthetic, affective, and phenomenological dimensions of experiencing intimacy and loss. The spatiotemporal fissures Reginald Jackson calls proximate removes suspend belief in prevailing structures. Beyond issues of sexuality, Genji queers in its reluctance to romanticize or reproduce a flawed social order. An understanding of this hesitation enhances how we engage with premodern texts and how we question contemporary disciplinary stances. Trade Review"Jackson presents an original and sometimes intriguing approach to Genji that goes beyond conventional Heian literary studies, offering fresh perspectives while expanding the interpretive paradigms for queer studies at the same time." * Journal of Japanese Studies *
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University of California Press A Few Good Gays
Book SynopsisThe US military has done an about-face on gender and sexuality policy over the last decade, ending Don't Ask, Don't Tell, restrictions on women in combat, and transgender exclusion. Contrary to expectations, servicemembers have largely welcomed cisgender LGB individualsyet they continue to vociferously resist trans inclusion and the presence of women on the front lines. In the minds of many, the embodied deficiencies of cisgender women and trans people of all genders puts othersand indeed, the nationat risk. In this book, Cati Connell identifies the homonormative bargain that underwrites these uneven patterns of receptiona bargain that comes with significant concessions, upholding and even exacerbating race, class, and gender inequality in the pursuit of sexual equality. In this handshake deal, even the widespread support for open LGB service is highly conditional, revocable upon violation of the bargain. Despite the promise of inclusivity, in practice, the military has made room only Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction: The Dawning of a Kinder, Gentler US Military Part 1 Repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell 1. “The Hard Work to Get Me in the Door”: A History of the Gay Ban 2. “What They Do in Their Private Life, I Couldn’t Care Less”: Striking the Homonormative Bargain 3. “He Acts Straight but He Has This One Thing . . .”: Open LGB Service and Queer Social Control Part 2 Ending Combat Exclusion 4. “When You Want to Create a Group of Male Killers, You Kill the Woman in Them”: Feminine Abjection and the Impossibility of Women Warriors 5. “My Problem’s Not That I’m Gay; My Problem Is That I’m a Woman”: The Patriotic Paternalism of Combat Exclusion Part 3 Removing Medical Restrictions on Transgender Service 6. “Once He Saw Them as Soldiers, I Knew We Had It”: The Trans Ban Tug of War 7. “You Can’t Have Three Bathrooms at a Forward Operating Position”: Gender Panic in the Transgendering Organization Part 4 Conclusion 8 . We Will Be Greeted as Gay Liberators? Methodological Appendix A Methodological Appendix B Methodological Appendix C Notes References Index
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University of California Press Violent Differences The Importance of Race in
Book Synopsis2023 Honorable Mention for Outstanding Book Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems Despite rising attention to sexual assault and sexual violence, queer men have been largely excluded from the discussion. Violent Differences is the first book of its kind to focus specifically on queer male survivors and to devote particular attention to Black queer men. Whereas previous scholarship on male survivors has emphasized the role of masculinity, Doug Meyer shows that race and sexuality should be regarded as equally foundational as gender. Instead of analyzing sexual assault against queer men in the abstract, this book draws attention to survivors' lived experiences. Meyer examines interview data from sixty queer men who have suffered sexual assault, highlighting their interactions with the police and their encounters with victim blaming. Violent Differences expands approaches to studying sexual assault by considering a new group of survivors and by revealing that race, gender, and sexuality all remain essential for understanding how this violence is experienced.Trade Review"Makes a tremendous contribution to the interdisciplinary scholarship on gender-based violence, a field that still suffers from lack of engagement with queer life and queer questions. Meyer’s work should give us hope that we can reimagine the field from a rigorously intersectional ground." * Social Forces *"Violent Differences provides an insightful examination of the unique experiences of queer men of color who have experienced sexual victimization." * Gender & Society *"The reader who is interested in better understanding the nuanced nature of violence against the LGBTQIA + community will not be disappointed in the skillful and thoughtful way Meyer presents his findings while defining and elaborating on the nomenclature associated with this issue." * Criminal Justice Review *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction: Understanding Sexual Assault against Queer Men through the Lens of Intersectionality 1 “Why Didn’t You Fight Back?”: Black Queer Male Survivors and Discourses of Blame 2 Queer Male Survivors and Police Interactions 3 Survivors’ Self-Blame and Differences within the Queer Umbrella 4 Racial Differences Regarding Emasculation 5 Constructing Hierarchies of Victimhood 6 Outing, Disclosing Marginalized Identities, and Navigating Multiple Stigmas Conclusion: Future Challenges and Possibilities Appendix: Methods Notes References Index
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University of California Press Violent Differences
Book Synopsis2023 Honorable Mention for Outstanding Book Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems Despite rising attention to sexual assault and sexual violence, queer men have been largely excluded from the discussion. Violent Differences is the first book of its kind to focus specifically on queer male survivors and to devote particular attention to Black queer men. Whereas previous scholarship on male survivors has emphasized the role of masculinity, Doug Meyer shows that race and sexuality should be regarded as equally foundational as gender. Instead of analyzing sexual assault against queer men in the abstract, this book draws attention to survivors' lived experiences. Meyer examines interview data from sixty queer men who have suffered sexual assault, highlighting their interactions with the police and their encounters with victim blaming. Violent Differences expands approaches to studying sexual assault by considering a new group of survivors and by revealing that race, gender, and sexuality all remain essential for understanding how this violence is experienced.Trade Review"Makes a tremendous contribution to the interdisciplinary scholarship on gender-based violence, a field that still suffers from lack of engagement with queer life and queer questions. Meyer’s work should give us hope that we can reimagine the field from a rigorously intersectional ground." * Social Forces *"Violent Differences provides an insightful examination of the unique experiences of queer men of color who have experienced sexual victimization." * Gender & Society *"The reader who is interested in better understanding the nuanced nature of violence against the LGBTQIA + community will not be disappointed in the skillful and thoughtful way Meyer presents his findings while defining and elaborating on the nomenclature associated with this issue." * Criminal Justice Review *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction: Understanding Sexual Assault against Queer Men through the Lens of Intersectionality 1 “Why Didn’t You Fight Back?”: Black Queer Male Survivors and Discourses of Blame 2 Queer Male Survivors and Police Interactions 3 Survivors’ Self-Blame and Differences within the Queer Umbrella 4 Racial Differences Regarding Emasculation 5 Constructing Hierarchies of Victimhood 6 Outing, Disclosing Marginalized Identities, and Navigating Multiple Stigmas Conclusion: Future Challenges and Possibilities Appendix: Methods Notes References Index
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University of California Press Possible Histories
Book SynopsisA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Many of the hundreds of thousands of Syrians who immigrated to the US beginning in the 1870s worked as peddlers. Men were able to transgress Syrian norms related to marriage practices while they were traveling, while Syrian women accessed more economic autonomy though their participation in peddling networks. In Possible Histories, Charlotte Karem Albrecht explores this peddling economy of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as a site for revealing how dominant ideas about sexuality are imbricated in Arab American racial histories. Karem Albrecht marshals a queer affective approach to community and family history to show how Syrian immigrant peddlers and their interdependent networks of labor and care appeared in interconnected discourses of modernity, sexuality, gender, class, and race. Possible HistorTable of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Note on Terms and Translations Introduction 1. Traveler, Peddler, Stranger, Syrian: Queer Provocations and Sexual Threats 2. “A Woman without Limits”: Syrian Women in the Peddling Economy 3. Wandering in Diaspora: The Syrian American Elite and Sexual Normativity 4. The Possibilities of Peddling: Imagining Homosocial and Homoerotic Pleasure in Arab America Conclusion: Alixa Naff and the Parenthetical Syrian American Lesbian Notes Bibliography Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Sexuality and the Christian Body
Book Synopsisaeo Takes on one of the most controversial contemporary theological issues. aeo Provides new insights into Christian arguments about the body, focusing on homosexuality. aeo Offers constructive arguments for the fittingness in the Christian tradition of marriage--like homosexual relationships.Trade Review"This is the most sustained, serious and original theological work on sexuality and in particular same-sex relationships to have appeared for many years. As in Barth, thoughtful, theological conservations lead to a radical and liberating stance. This book may well turn a debate that often is no more than the marshalling of untheological prejudices in a constructive and responsible direction." Duncan B. Forrester, University of Edinburgh "Both sides of the gay marriage debate will benefit from this startlingly original and theologically rich treatment of the graced body. Here are Christian traditions not slavishly reproduced but put to a genuinely radical use." Kathryn Tanner, University of Chicago "Eugene Rogers has produced a serious and illuminating study of the controversial issue of sexuality that can be read with profit by all sides in this sometimes bitter debate......Rogers has written an important book that deepens our understanding of marraige as well as contributing to the current debate on sexuality."Bishop Paul Richardson "This is an unusual, challenging and important book, which makes a powerful theological case for same-sex marriage...The main strength of the book lies, however, in its uncompromising engagement with Paul's letter to the Romans and the twin ethical discourses, natural law and divine command, that locate evil in homosexual activity." Modern Believing "This is an extremely good book. Rogers's argument...is theologically informed, carefully constructed and powerfully presented at every turn. It should be widely read, for there is much of great value." Stephen R. Holmes, Journal of Theological Studies "This is a work of some theological richness, subtlety and scope, which is - for that very reason - notably free from the familiar dogmatisms and polemicizing that cloud the debate on homosexuality. It is tempting to conclude that, if there is a serious theological case to be made for same-sex marriage, this is it." Studies in Christian Ethics "This study deserves the careful attention of anyone who is interested in identifying and understanding the foundations on which a biblically-informed Christian sexual ethic must rest." Pro Ecclesia "Sexuality and the Christian Body shows a young theologian at work on a central dilemma of our day, a Christian who brings to his vocation scholarly rigor, moral and intellectual imagination, and, supremely, great theological passion. These are great gifts, and we can look forward eagerly to more." Theology TodayTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. Part I: Orientation in the Debates: Sexuality and the People of God. 1. The Politics of the People of God. 2. The Identity of the People of God. Contrary to Nature. 3. The Holiness of the People of God: Monogamy and Monasticism. Part II: Retrieving Traditional Accounts: Aquinas and Barth. 4. The Storied Context of the Vice against Nature: Retrieving a Narrative. 5. Nature and Justice when Science and Scripture Conflict: Retrieving a Narrative. 6. Karl Barth on Jews and Gender: A Preliminary Critique. 7. Unintended Abstraction in Barth's Doctrine of Israel: Retrieving a Doctrine of the Spirit. 8. Unintended Abstraction in Barth's Account of Gender: Retrieving Co-Humanity. Part III: The Way of the Body into the Triune God. 9. Creation, Procreation, and the Glory of the Triune God. 10. Eros and Philanthropy. 11. The Shape of the Body and the Shape of Grace. 12. Hostility and Hospitality. 13. The Narrative of Providence and a Charge for a Wedding. Bibliography. Index.
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