Reclaiming Sodom explores alternatives to thes force of the Sodomitic biblical narrative in Islamic, non-western, and western traditions, and discusses the ways in which sodomy calls into question normative definitions of sexuality and gender. The collection pursues the "pleasures and dangers" of these alternatives, and takes on Proust's refusal to imagine a social movement founded on the "stigma" of Sodom.
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...There's at least one brilliant essay in this anthology, Leo Bersani's "Is the Rectum a Grave?" Neverminding how colourful that title is, it's a serious piece of writing, and very thought provoking. I'm straight, but was compelled to deeply question the construction of my own sexuality (and that of masculine sexuality in general) by this work, which looks at homophobia in light of feminist theories about phallocentric vs. nonphallocentric, "passive" forms of sexuality. It's been a long time since I've read it, but it fascinated me years ago and remains memorable -- a good reason to recommend this book, which I imagine is the only place said essay is still in print. As for the rest of the authors in this text, my apologies -- I don't remember if I read a single one of the other essays!
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And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
integral monstrosity, antihomosexual discrimination, sodomitical scene, public homosexual identity, immutability argument, perverse gesture, ritualized homosexuality, institutionalized homosexuality, deviate sexual intercourse, homosexual sodomy, supra note, male cult, early colonies, primal scene, sodomy statutes, insular minorities, sodomy laws, heightened scrutiny, homosexual movement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Wolf Man, Van Baal, New Guinea, Supreme Court, Code Ann, Footnote Four, Attorney General, Fourteenth Amendment, Rev Stat, Eighth Amendment, New Hampshire, Big Nambas, District Court, Fourth Amendment, Justice Stone, Miss Jones, Infantile Neurosis, Judge Bork, Justice Powell, Miss Bibi, Modern Homosexual, Oral Arg, Standard Edition New!
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And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
integral monstrosity, antihomosexual discrimination, sodomitical scene, public homosexual identity, immutability argument, perverse gesture, ritualized homosexuality, institutionalized homosexuality, deviate sexual intercourse, homosexual sodomy, supra note, male cult, early colonies, primal scene, sodomy statutes, insular minorities, sodomy laws, heightened scrutiny, homosexual movement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Wolf Man, Van Baal, New Guinea, Supreme Court, Code Ann, Footnote Four, Attorney General, Fourteenth Amendment, Rev Stat, Eighth Amendment, New Hampshire, Big Nambas, District Court, Fourth Amendment, Justice Stone, Miss Jones, Infantile Neurosis, Judge Bork, Justice Powell, Miss Bibi, Modern Homosexual, Oral Arg, Standard Edition New!
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- Philosophy in the Bedroom by Marquise de Sade on 4 pages
- Peregrine Pickle (Oxford World's Classics) by Tobias George Smollett on page 267, page 279, and page 287
- Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (Oxford World's Classics) by John Cleland on page 267, page 276, and page 286
- The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by Tobias Smollett on page 267, page 279, and page 287
- Queering the Renaissance (Series Q) by Jonathan Goldberg in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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- Sodomy, Masculinity and Law in Medieval Literature: France and England, 1050-1230 (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature) by William E. Burgwinkle on 4 pages
- Reclaiming the Sacred: The Bible in Gay and Lesbian Literature by Raymond J Frontain on 4 pages
- Friendship's Bonds: Democracy and the Novel in Victorian England by Richard Dellamora in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Sex and the Single Savior: Gender and Sexuality in Biblical Interpretation by Dale B. Martin in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Historicism, Psychoanalysis, and Early Modern Culture (CultureWork: A Book Series from the Center for Literacy and Cultural Studies at Harvard) by Carla Mazzio on page 270, and page 398
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