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Book SynopsisThe making of gay and lesbian politics
Trade Review"This important study is both an analysis of and a call to an involved politics. It opens the door to a far-reaching dialogue."—
Martin Duberman, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, The City University of New York
"It is in the process of coming out...Blasius argues, that lesbians and gay men create themselves—as new subjects, as the producers of new truth, and as agents of social change. Blasius gives a coherent account that ties together all these processes—from coming out to the emergence of lesbian and gay studies-and goes on to show the 'ethical' contribution that lesbians and gay men make to contemporary American society."
—Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review
"An engaging book that intelligently explores a range of possibilities in human relations."—
George Kateb, Department of Politics, Princeton University
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Creation of Gay and Lesbian Politics A Historical Ontology of Politics Power, Subjectivity, and Truth Politics and Technologies of Government 2. A Politics of Sexuality Poser in Modernity: Biopower Sexuality Becomes a Political Issue Sexuality: A Technology of Government The Lesbian and Gay Politics of Sexuality 3. Sexuality, Subjectivity, and Political Identity A Genealogy of Gay and Lesbian Identity Erotics: From Subjection to Agency Silence = Death: Coming Out and the Creation of the Self Conclusion: After Sexuality, Erotics? 4. What Are Lesbian and Gay Rights? Sexuality and Normativity: A Relational Right AIDS and Biopower Conclusion 5. An Ethos of Lesbian and Gay Existence Lesbian and Gay Existence: Sexual Orientation, Lifestyle, and Community The Emergence of a Lesbian and Gay Ethos Ethos, Knowledge, and Politics Gay and Lesbian Politics and a New Ethic Conclusion Index
