This book of nineteen original essays by activists and academics documents and analyses the dramatic changes in lesbian and gay experience over the last twenty years. It charts the growth of lesbian and gay studies, and examines key issues around communitites, identities, relationships, sexualities and politics. These essays, edited by a leading author in the field, herald a new confidence and maturity for the growing field of lesbian and gay studies.
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Instructors will find the book a welcome addition to gay and lesbian studies or women's studies classes, while activists and community organizers will find ideas and analyses relevant to their own work as well.
–Lambda Book Report
As a dip-in companion to the `ivory closet', this is an accessible and rewarding collection. But be warned: dip in now, before homosexualities fulfill their modernist destiny and cease to exist.
–Time Out
The chapters cover a broad range of topics of interest to anyone involved in homophile studies.... the book is informative and up-to-date on its treatment of these issues, and would be an excellent supplementary text for a gay and lesbian studies class.... Each chapter stands on its own and all are worth reading, and all cohere togethere to give the reader an accurate account of what life is life for homosexuals in today's world.
–Archives of Sexual Behavior
–Lambda Book Report
As a dip-in companion to the `ivory closet', this is an accessible and rewarding collection. But be warned: dip in now, before homosexualities fulfill their modernist destiny and cease to exist.
–Time Out
The chapters cover a broad range of topics of interest to anyone involved in homophile studies.... the book is informative and up-to-date on its treatment of these issues, and would be an excellent supplementary text for a gay and lesbian studies class.... Each chapter stands on its own and all are worth reading, and all cohere togethere to give the reader an accurate account of what life is life for homosexuals in today's world.
–Archives of Sexual Behavior
About the Author
Ken Plummer is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Essex and Visiting Professor in Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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In the past, people have invented for themselves many forms of expressions, forms of language, writing, mathematics, forms of art, forms of war, forms of family and community organisation; in short, they have invented for themselves 'forms of life'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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In the past, people have invented for themselves many forms of expressions, forms of language, writing, mathematics, forms of art, forms of war, forms of family and community organisation; in short, they have invented for themselves 'forms of life'. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
social category lesbian, dangerous gayness, responsible homosexual, lesbian porn, gay equality, homosexual form, political lesbianism, modern homosexual, equality agenda, queer activism, modern lesbian, registered partnership, lesbian parenting, lesbian sex, lesbian nation, lesbian mothers, homosexual behaviour, lesbian texts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, North America, Latin America, Bill of Rights, Task Force, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Anti-Discrimination Act, House of Lords, Conservative Party, Henning Bech, New Right, Operation Spanner, Australian Government, Criminal Justice Bill, Gay Community News, Migration Act, The Ladder, Diane Richardson, Homosexual Equality Bill, Hong Kong, Joan Nestle, Lillian Faderman, Lord Halsbury New!
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- The Making of the Modern Homosexual by Kenneth Plummer on 7 pages
- A Restricted Country by Joan Nestle on page 211, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the90's (Plume) by Marshall Kirk on page 24, page 205, and Back Matter
- Gay and Lesbian Library Service by Cal Gough in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Gay and Lesbian Youth (Journal of Homosexuality Series) by Gilbert Herdt in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Same Sex Intimacies: Families of Choice and Other Life Experiments by Catherine Donovan on 7 pages
- Same Sex Intimacies: Families of Choice and Other Life Experiments by Catherine Donovan on 6 pages
- Sexualities In Health and Social Care by Wilton on 5 pages
- Equality for Same-Sex Couples: The Legal Recognition of Gay Partnerships in Europe and the United States by Yuval Merin on 5 pages
- The Wilde Century by Alan Sinfield on 4 pages
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