In this book, the author argues that we now live in a time when gays are seen, but not necessarily known. Taking on the common wisdom that equates visibility with full integration, the book maps the terrain on which gays are accepted as witty film accessories and sassy sitcom st…
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In this book, the author argues that we now live in a time when gays are seen, but not necessarily known. Taking on the common wisdom that equates visibility with full integration, the book maps the terrain on which gays are accepted as witty film accessories and sassy sitcom st…
Gavin Butt offers a reconsideration of queer American art culture of the mid 20th century.
Gavin Butt offers a reconsideration of queer American art culture of the mid 20th century.
Studie over de houding van de middeleeuwse maatschappij t.a.v. homoseksualiteit: de afkeer van homoseksualiteit is niet van meet af aan verbonden geweest met het christendom. Pas in de periode na 1150 sloeg de tolerantie om in snel groeiende intolerantie als onderdeel van een gr…
"Truly groundbreaking work. Boswell reveals unexplored phenomena with an unfailing erudition."--Michel FoucaultJohn Boswell's National Book Award-winning study of the history of attitudes toward homosexuality in the early Christian West was a groundbreaking work that challenged …
This study of the history of attitudes toward homosexuality in the early Christian West challenged preconceptions about the Church's past relationship to its gay members, among them priests, bishops, and even saints. The historical breadth of the author's research (from the Gree…
"A Companion to Greek and Roman Sexualities presents a comprehensive collection of original essays relating to aspects of gender and sexuality in the classical world. Views the various practices and discursive contexts of sexuality systematically and holistically Discusses Greec…
Reading across the disciplines of the mid-century university, this book argues that the political shift in postwar America from consensus liberalism to New Left radicalism entailed as many continuities as ruptures. Both Cold War liberals and radicals understood the university as…
The place of sexual and gender minorities in the contemporary Islamic world is the subject of fascinating new directions in research and scholarly thought. Islam and Homosexuality gathers together 20 experts exploring these issues to provide an expansive look at the treatment of…
Explores the changing attitudes of Hollywood toward gay members of its community, tracing the careers of famous gays and lesbians and examining the changing social landscape of homosexuality in the film capital.
Explores the changing attitudes of Hollywood toward gay members of its community, tracing the careers of famous gays and lesbians and examining the changing social landscape of homosexuality in the film capital. Hollywood isn't just a place or an industry--it's a fantasy that u…
"Although queer theory is a predominantly American invention, its insights have rested on those of European critical theory. In Queer Social Philosophy, however, Randall Halle uses the former to critique the latter, conducting the first sustained queer critique of seminal works …
The author explores the intimate relationships that contributed to Walt Whitman's imagination of masculinity in crisis. She maintains that in representing himself as a characteristic nineteenth-century American and in proposing to heal national ills, the poet was trying to tempe…