In the space of a decade, lesbians and gays have gone from "coming out" to "acting up" to "outing". In the process, they have radically redefined the way society views sex, sexuality and gender. But what does it mean to say one is gay? A dyke? A queen? Queer? Are these descriptions of "sexual preference" or cries of political protest? The first collection to specifically feature the new theoretical work in lesbian and gay studies, "Inside / out" challenges the heterocentric foundations of much recent critical scholarship and current theories of sexual difference. Written by prominent contemporary lesbian and gay thinkers, the essays investigate the complex relations between desires and identifications, libidinal economies and social configurations, political representations and sexual symbolizations. The authors employ a variety of theoretical approaches (psychoanalysis, deconstruction, semiotics and discourse theories) to investigate representations of sex and sexual difference in literature, film, video, music and photography. Looking at divas, dykes, vampires and queens, these analyses address issues of AIDS, pornography, pedagogy, authorship and activism. This book should be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and academics interested in gender, gay and cultural studies.
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Most of the 17 essays presented here were initially delivered in conference paper form at the National Lesbian and Gay Studies Conference or at various professional associations; some were commissioned specifically for this volume. The essays cover "at least a portion of the work currently being done in a variety of mediums (literature, film, video, music, photography) across a spectrum of theoretical approaches (psychoanalysis, deconstruction, semiotics, discourse theory)." For readers unfamiliar with the particularities of each discipline, the jargon-laden, cumbersome texts, extensively footnoted, may be overwhelmingly daunting, no matter how fascinating the topics addressed. For subject collections only.
- James E. Van Buskirk, San Francisco P.L.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- James E. Van Buskirk, San Francisco P.L.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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