| Description |
xix, 281 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Speaking its name : inventing a lesbian and gay studies / Ken Plummer -- The 'underdevelopment' of modern/gay homosexuality in Mesoamerica / Stephen O. Murray -- Masculinity, femininity, and Turkish male homosexuality / Huseyin Tapinc -- The company of friends and lovers : lesbian communities in the Netherlands / Judith Schuyf -- Coming out : lesbian identities and the categorization problem / Valerie Jenness -- The role of disclosure in coming out among gay men / Peter Davies -- Loves, sexualities, and marriages : strategies and adjustments / Maggie French -- Daring to pretend? : motherhood and lesbianism / Pat Romans -- That's what friends are for : friends as family in the gay and lesbian community / Peter M. Nardi -- A cocktail of alarm : same-sex couples and migration to Australia 1985-90 / John Hart -- Report from a rotten state : 'marriage' and 'homosexuality' in 'Denmark' / Henning Bech |
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The AIDS dialectics : awareness, identity, death, and sexual politics / Tim Edwards -- Lesbian politics and AIDS work / Beth E. Schneider -- Sex and caring among men : impacts of AIDS on gay people / Barry D. Adam -- Constructing lesbian sexualities / Diane Richardson -- Resisting the erasure of lesbian sexuality : a challenge for queer activism / Anna Marie Smith -- Abseil makes the heart grow fonder : lesbian and gay campaigning tactics and section 28 / Vicki Carter -- Dangerous activism / Jason Annetts and Bill Thompson -- Equal rights for all : strategies for lesbian and gay equality in Britain / Peter Tatchell |
| Summary |
"Beyond Homosexuality is a unique collection of nineteen essays by international activists and academics which document and analyze the dramatic changes in lesbian and gay experience over the past twenty years. The collection explores such topics as the growth of lesbian and gay studies, new patterns of lesbian sexuality, the relationship between lesbians and gay men, the debate over lesbian motherhood, the rise of renewed political campaigning in the face of a "backlash," and the impact of AIDS. While the focus of the book is the distinctive modern experiences found in Western countries, there are also essays on Turkey and MesoAmerica. It will be required reading for lesbian and gay scholars, and will be a landmark in consolidating past debates and suggesting pathways to the future. "--Publisher's website |
| Analysis |
Homosexuals Social conditions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-271) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Homosexuality. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00070878
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| Subject |
Gays.
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Homosexuality.
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Lesbians.
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Homosexuality.
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Sex.
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| Author |
Plummer, Kenneth.
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| LC no. |
92006434 |
| ISBN |
0415064201 |
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041506421X (paperback) |
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