{"product_id":"queer-studies-9780631229179","title":"Queer Studies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQueer Studies: An Interdisciplinary Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of essays that over the past two decades have helped to establish sexuality as one of the most vital and important areas of study in both the humanities and social sciences. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style:\" none\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together important essays that have helped to establish sexuality as one of the most vital areas of study in the humanities and social sciences.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style:\" none\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes an introductory essay by the editors that provides a context for this pivotal scholarship and promotes dialogue across disciplines.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses key issues in the field, including sexual politics, cultural construction of sexuality, transnationalism, race, community, sexual citizenship and the nation-state.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFunctions as a primary text for introductory as well as advanced courses, as a general introduction to the field, and as a scholarly resource.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There is much here that is fascinating and adds to our knowledge of the multiplicity of ways in which people experience and live their sexualities.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSexualities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Refusing the easy collapse of queer studies into gay and lesbian studies, Corber and Valocchi offer scholars and activists a collection of essays that maps the complexities of non-normative desires as they are produced in and through social institutions, economic practices, disciplinary structures, and cultural discourse. In the process, they reclaim the political hope that queer studies is a radical intervention into regimes of being and knowing!\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobyn Wiegman, Duke University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eQueer Studies\u003c\/i\u003e may very well be the first Reader that students and professors should consult to get an overview of the field. Interdisciplinary, ambitious, and accessible, the volume is a fine contribution to this dynamic field.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven Seidman, University at Albany, State University of New York\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"There is much here that is fascinating and adds to our knowledge of the multiplicity of ways in which people experience and live their sexualities\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Dunphy, University of Dundee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Practices, Identities, Communities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Trouble with Harry Thaw 21\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMartha M. Umphrey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Hermaphrodites with Attitude: Mapping the Emergence of Intersex Political Activism 31\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCheryl Chase\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Contested Membership: Black Gay Identities and the Politics of AIDS 46\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCathy J. Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Leatherdyke Boys and Their Daddies: How to Have Sex Without Women or Men 61\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eC. Jacob Hale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II the Cultural Construction of Gender and Sexuality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Trials of Alice Mitchell: Sensationalism, Sexology, and the Lesbian Subject in Turn-of-the-Century America 73\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLisa Duggan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Returns of Cleopatra Jones 88\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJennifer DeVere Brody\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 (Male) Desire and (Female) Disgust: Reading Hustler 102\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaura Kipnis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Sexual Citizenship and the Nation-State\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Perversity, Contamination, and the Dangers of Queer Domesticity 121\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNayan Shah\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Talk of the County: Revisiting Accusation, Murder, and Mississippi, 1895 142\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Howard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Brandon Teena Archive 159\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJudith Halberstam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Sex in Public 170\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLauren Berlant and Michael Warner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Transnationalizing Sexualities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Dying to Tell: Sexuality and Suicide in Imperial Japan 187\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJennifer Robertson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Nostalgia, Desire, Diaspora: South Asian Sexualities in Motion 206\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGayatri Gopinath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Perfect Path: Gay Men, Marriage, Indonesia 218\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTom Boellstorff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 A Man in the House: The Boyfriends of Brazilian Travesti Prostitutes 237\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDon Kulick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 255\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403448656215,"sku":"9780631229179","price":38.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631229179.jpg?v=1730483505","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/queer-studies-9780631229179","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}