Lesbian and Gay Studies : An Introductory, Interdisciplinary Approach.
Title:
Lesbian and Gay Studies : An Introductory, Interdisciplinary Approach.
Author:
Sandfort, Theo.
ISBN:
9781849208215
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (249 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- 1 - The Challenge of Lesbian and Gay Studies -- 2 - Homosexuality, Psychology, and Gay and Lesbian Studies -- 3 - Mapping the Sociological Gay: Past, Presents and Futures of a Sociology of Same Sex Relations -- 4 - Hidden from History? Homosexuality and the Historical Sciences -- 5 - Queering Anthropology -- 6 - Homo Legalis: Lesbian and Gay in Legal Studies -- 7 - The Private and the Public: Gay and Lesbian Issues in Political Science -- 8 - Geographies of Sexuality - A Review of Progress -- 9 - Gay Male Literary Studies -- 10 - Lesbian Literary Studies -- 11 - Fashionably Queer: Lesbian and Gay Cultural Studies -- 12 - Crossing Borders - A Debate on the Perspectives of Women's Studies and Gay and Lesbian Studies -- 13 - Fighting the Epidemic: Social AIDS Studies -- 14 - Conclusion: Gay and Lesbian Studies at the Crossroads -- Index.
Abstract:
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. It offers challenges to more traditional disciplines and requires new forms of thought about the connections between acad.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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