Finding Out: An Introduction to LGBT Studies [Paperback]

Deborah T. Meem (Author), Michelle A. Gibson (Author), Jonathan F. Alexander (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 28, 2009 | ISBN-10: 1412938651 | ISBN-13: 978-1412938655

Finding Out introduces readers to lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender (LGBT) studies. Unlike most books on LGBT, this textbook combines original material with esteemed journal articles. Chapter introductions, written by the authors, place current research findings in a clear context. Finding Out reviews the history of same-sex relationships and gender variance from ancient Greece to the present yet goes beyond a historical account to provide an in-depth examination of LGBT culture and society.  

Key Features ·        

• Includes chapter introductions that gives students a useful context for each research article
• Connects chapter topics to one another with Lambda Links, which help facilitate analysis and discussion
• Directs readers to relevant studies and information with “Find Out More” boxes in each chapter

“I am most impressed by this book’s blend of comprehensive scope with approachable, intelligent presentation. It provides material valuable for both students new to the field and those taking more advanced courses without excluding either group on the basis of approach or diction.  … I just love this book!” –Sarah-Hope Parmeter University of California, Santa Cruz   “

This text will give me a way to teach LGBT issues as central – that is, NOT as tangents, as add-ons, as side issues, but as a central area of inquiry. … This text is by far the best thing I have seen, and it is heads and shoulders above any other possibilities...” – Mary Armstrong, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo


Intended Audience
This core text is designed for Introduction to Sexuality Studies as well as other undergraduate courses that include LGBT topics. Anyone interested in the history, culture, and society of LGBT will find this book an informative resource.

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About the Author

Jonathan Alexander is Associate Professor of English and Campus Writing Coordinator at the University of California, Irvine. His work focuses primarily on the use of emerging communications technologies in the teaching of writing and in shifting conceptions of what writing, composing, and authoring mean. Jonathan also works at the intersection of the fields of writing studies and sexuality studies, where he explores what discursive theories of sexuality have to teach us about literacy and literate practice in pluralistic democracies. He is twice the recipient of the Ellen Nold Award for Best Articles in the field of Computers and Composition Studies. His books include Literacy, Sexuality, Pedagogy: Theory and Practice for Composition Studies and Digital Youth: Emerging Literacies on the World Wide Web; the co-edited collections Bisexuality and Transgenderism: InterSEXions of the Others and Role Play: Distance Learning and the Teaching of Writing; and the co-authored book Argument Now: A Brief Rhetoric. Jonathan is also the general editor for the Journal of Bisexuality.

 

Deborah T. Meem is Professor and Interim Head of Women’s Studies at the University of Cincinnati. Her academic specialties are Victorian literature, lesbian studies, and the 19th C. woman's novel. She earned a Ph.D. from Stony Brook University in 1985. Her work has appeared in Journal of the History of Sexuality, Feminist Teacher, Studies in Popular Culture and elsewhere. Her edition of Eliza Lynn Linton's 1880 novel The Rebel of the Family was published in 2002 by Broadview Press, and she will edit Linton’s 1851 novel Realities for Valancourt Press (2009). With Michelle Gibson she has co-edited Femme/Butch: New Considerations of the Way We Want To Go (2002) and Lesbian Academic Couples (2005), both published by Haworth Press. With Jonathan Alexander she wrote “Dorian Gray, Tom Ripley, and the Queer Closet” for CLCWeb in 2003.

 

Michelle A. Gibson is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Women's Studies at the University of Cincinnati. She received her Ph.D. in 1993 from Ohio University, where her areas of study were American Literature, Composition Research and Pedagogy, and Creative Writing. Her scholarship has continued in all three of these areas. Her most recent writing applies queer and postmodern identity theories to pedagogical practice and popular culture. She also continues to write and publish poetry. With Jonathan Alexander, she edited QP: Queer Poetry, an online poetry journal, and she and Alexander also edited a strain of JAC: Journal of Advanced Composition entitled "Queer Composition(s)". With Deborah Meem, she co-edited Femme/ Butch: New Considerations of the Way We Want to Go and Lesbian Academic Couples.  

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc (January 28, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1412938651
• ISBN-13: 978-1412938655
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST YET!!, November 11, 2009

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Finding Out is light-years beyond the other textbooks and readers I've used for Intro to LGBT Studies in the past few years. Finally an up-to-date book that includes B and T, finally a book that does justice to the poetry produced in our movement, finally a book that includes more race/class issues than others have before, finally a book that explains the difficult? concept of intersectionality in simple terms, finally a book unafraid of grappling with some of the hard issues like adult-youth sex, consent, and separatism with fairness in exploring many nuances. - Loraine Hutchins, Ph.D.

5.0 out of 5 stars Instructor, January 24, 2011

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This is a great comprehensive book for Intro the GLBT Studies courses. The authors are also accessible. Because of our ever-changing policies and politics, instructors should be up-to-date on issues of equality that are recent history, because we all know, things continue to change.

This can easily be supplemented with DVD's about queer history, social movements, personas, art, literature etc. Great for a survey course on GLBT Topics.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great, August 20, 2010

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Delivered in a timely fashion, in great condition, and definitely saved me a bunch on school books.