Introduction : re-framed : inscribing lesbian, gay and queer presences in visual culture / Peter Horne and Reina Lewis -- Queer spectacles / Emmanuel Cooper -- Absent bodies/absent subjects : the political unconscious of postmodernism / Richard Dellamora -- Out of the maid's room : Dora, Stratonice and the lesbian analyst / Wendy Leeks -- Perverse male bodies : Simeon Solomon and Algernon Charles Swinburne / Thaís E. Morgan -- Losing his religion : Saint Sebastion as contemporary gay martyr / Richard A. Kaye -- Dyke! Fag! Centurion! Whore! An appreciation of Tessa Boffin / Cheery Smyth -- The art of accompaniment / Robert Farber -- Lesbian artist? / Sadie Lee -- Negotiating genres / Veronica Slater -- Rough trade : notes towards sharing mascara / Lawrence Steger and Iris Moore -- The aura of timelessness / Matthew Stradling -- Promoting a sexuality : law and lesbian and gay visual culture in America / Carl F. Stychin -- These waves of dying friends : gay men, AIDS, and multiple loss / Simon Watney -- Culture wars : race and queer art / Sunil Gupta -- Ad(dressing) the dyke : lesbian looks and lesbians looking / Reina Lewis and Katrina Rolley
Summary
A comprehensive exploration of what constitutes a lesbian and gay artist and what differentiates them from their audience
