Queer studies : an interdisciplinary reader

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Queer studies : an interdisciplinary reader

edited by Robert J. Corber and Stephen Valocchi

Blackwell Pub., 2003

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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ISBN 9780631229162

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Queer Studies: An Interdisciplinary Reader is a collection of essays that over the past decade have helped to establish sexuality as one of the most vital and important areas of study in both the humanities and social sciences. Accessible as well as broadly interdisciplinary, the volume functions as a primary text for introductory as well as advanced courses in gender and sexuality studies, as a general introduction to the field, and as a scholarly resource. Queer Studies covers the full range of issues, problems, and controversies in this still emerging field, including sexual politics, cultural constructions of sexuality, transnationalism, race and class, community, sexual citizenship, and the nation-state. An introductory essay written by the editors provides a comprehensive map to this new field, as well as a context for pivotal scholarship that promotes dialogue across the humanities and the social sciences and the interdisciplinary fields of queer studies and women's studies.

Table of Contents

Introduction. Part I: Practices, Identities, Communities: 1. Martha M. Umphrey, The Trouble With Harry Thaw. 2. Cheryl Chase, Hermaphrodites With Attitude: An Emergence Of Intersex Political Activism. 3. Cathy J. Cohen, Contested Membership: Black Gay Identities And The Politics Of AIDS. 4. C. Jacob Hale, Leatherdyke Boys And Their Daddies: How To Have Sex Without Women Or Men. Part II: The Cultural Construction of Gender and Sexuality: 5. Lisa Duggan, The Trials Of Alice Mitchell: Sensationalism, Sexology, And The Lesbian Subject In Turn-Of-The-Century America. 6. Jennifer Devere Brody, The Returns Of Cleopatra Jones. 7. Laura Kipnis, (Male) Desire And (Female) Disgust: Reading Hustler. Part III: Sexual Citizenship And The Nation-State: 8. Nayan Shah, Perversity, Contamination, And The Dangers Of Queer Domesticity. 9. John Howard, The Talk Of The County: Revisiting Accusation, Murder, And Mississippi, 1895. 10. Judith Halberstam, The Brandon Teena Archive. 11. Lauren Berlant And Michael Warner, Sex In Public. Part IV: Transnationalizing Sexualities: 12. Jennifer Robertson, Dying To Tell: Sexuality And Suicide In Imperial Japan. 13. Gayatri Gopinath, Nostalgia, Desire, Diaspora: South Asian Sexualities In Motion. 14. Tom Boellstorff, The Perfect Path: Gay Men, Marriage, Indonesia. 15. Don Kulick, A Man In The House: The Boyfriends Of Brazilian Travesti Prostitutes. Index.
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: pbk ISBN 9780631229179

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Queer Studies: An Interdisciplinary Reader is a collection of essays that over the past two decades have helped to establish sexuality as one of the most vital and important areas of study in both the humanities and social sciences. Brings together important essays that have helped to establish sexuality as one of the most vital areas of study in the humanities and social sciences. Includes an introductory essay by the editors that provides a context for this pivotal scholarship and promotes dialogue across disciplines. Discusses key issues in the field, including sexual politics, cultural construction of sexuality, transnationalism, race, community, sexual citizenship and the nation-state. Functions as a primary text for introductory as well as advanced courses, as a general introduction to the field, and as a scholarly resource.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Part I Practices, Identities, Communities 1 The Trouble with Harry Thaw 21 Martha M. Umphrey 2 Hermaphrodites with Attitude: Mapping the Emergence of Intersex Political Activism 31 Cheryl Chase 3 Contested Membership: Black Gay Identities and the Politics of AIDS 46 Cathy J. Cohen 4 Leatherdyke Boys and Their Daddies: How to Have Sex Without Women or Men 61 C. Jacob Hale Part II the Cultural Construction of Gender and Sexuality 5 The Trials of Alice Mitchell: Sensationalism, Sexology, and the Lesbian Subject in Turn-of-the-Century America 73 Lisa Duggan 6 The Returns of Cleopatra Jones 88 Jennifer DeVere Brody 7 (Male) Desire and (Female) Disgust: Reading Hustler 102 Laura Kipnis Part III Sexual Citizenship and the Nation-State 8 Perversity, Contamination, and the Dangers of Queer Domesticity 121 Nayan Shah 9 The Talk of the County: Revisiting Accusation, Murder, and Mississippi, 1895 142 John Howard 10 The Brandon Teena Archive 159 Judith Halberstam 11 Sex in Public 170 Lauren Berlant and Michael Warner Part IV Transnationalizing Sexualities 12 Dying to Tell: Sexuality and Suicide in Imperial Japan 187 Jennifer Robertson 13 Nostalgia, Desire, Diaspora: South Asian Sexualities in Motion 206 Gayatri Gopinath 14 The Perfect Path: Gay Men, Marriage, Indonesia 218 Tom Boellstorff 15 A Man in the House: The Boyfriends of Brazilian Travesti Prostitutes 237 Don Kulick Index 255

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