Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader

<p>Bringing together forty-two groundbreaking essays--many of them already classics--<strong><em>The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader</em></strong> provides a much-needed introduction to the contemporary state of lesbian/gay studies, extensively illustrating the range, scope, diversity, appeal, and power of the work currently being done in the field. Featuring essays by such prominent scholars as Judith Butler, John D'Emilio, Kobena Mercer, Adrienne Rich, Gayle Rubin, and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, <strong><em>The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader</em></strong> explores a multitude of sexual, ethnic, racial, and socio-economic experiences. <br><br>Ranging across disciplines including history, literature, critical theory, cultural studies, African American studies, ethnic studies, sociology, anthropology, psychology, classics, and philosophy, this anthology traces the inscription of sexual meanings in all forms of cultural expression. Representing the best and most significant English language work in the field, <strong><em>The Lesbian and Gay Studies</em></strong><em><strong>Reader</strong></em> addresses topics such as butch-fem roles, the cultural construction of gender, lesbian separatism, feminist theory, AIDS, safe-sex education, colonialism, S/M, Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, children's books, black nationalism, popular films, Susan Sontag, the closet, homophobia, Freud, Sappho, the media, the <em>hijras</em> of India, Robert Mapplethorpe, and the politics of representation. It also contains an extensive bibliographical essay which will provide readers with an invaluable guide to further reading.<br><br><strong>Contributors:</strong> Henry Abelove, Tomas Almaguer, Ana Maria Alonso, Michele Barale, Judith Butler, Sue-Ellen Case, Danae Clark, Douglas Crimp, Teresa de Lauretis, John D'Emilio, Jonathan Dollimore, Lee Edelman, Marilyn Frye, Charlotte Furth, Marjorie Garber, Stuart Hall, David Halperin, Phillip Brian Harper, Gloria T. Hull, Maria Teresa Koreck, Audre Lorde, Biddy Martin, Deborah E. McDowell, Kobena Mercer, Richard Meyer, D. A. Miller, Serena Nanda, Esther Newton, Cindy Patton, Adrienne Rich, Gayle Rubin, Joan W. Scott, Daniel L. Selden, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Barbara Smith, Catharine R. Stimpson, Sasha Torres, Martha Vicinus, Simon Watney, Harriet Whitehead, John J. Winkler, Monique Wittig, and Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano</p> <p><strong>Introduction</strong></p><p><strong>User's Guide</strong></p><p><strong>Part I. Politics of Representation</strong></p><p>1. Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality, <em>Gayle S. Rubin</em></p><p>2. Epistemology of the Closet, <em>Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick</em></p><p>3. Deviance, Politics, and the Media, <em>Stuart Hall</em></p><p>4. Some Reflections on Separatism and Power, <em>Marilyn Frye</em></p><p>5. Homophobia: Why Bring It Up?, <em>Barbara Smith</em></p><p>6. One is Not Born a Woman, <em>Monique Wittig</em></p><p>7. Silences: "Hispanics," AIDS, and Sexual Practices, <em>Ana Maria Alonso and Maria Teresa Koreck</em></p><p>8. From Nation to Family: Containing African AIDS, <em>Cindy Patton</em></p><p><strong>Part II: Spectacular Logic</strong></p><p>9. Sexual Indifference and Lesbian Representation, <em>Teresa De Lauretis</em></p><p>10. Eloquence and the Epitaph: Black Nationalism and the Homophobic Impulse in Responses to the Death of Max Robinson, <em>Phillip Brian Harper</em></p><p>11. Television/Feminsm: <em>HeartBeat </em>and Prime Time Lesbiansim, <em>Sasha Torres</em></p><p>12. Commodity Lesbianism, <em>Danae Clark</em></p><p>13. The Spectacle of AIDS, <em>Simon Watney</em></p><p>14. Sontags Urbanity, <em>D.A. Miller</em><br>15. "Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back in the Water . . .", <em>Daniel J. Selden</em></p><p><strong>Part III: Subjectivity, Discipline, Resistance</strong></p><p>16. Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence, <em>Adrienne Rich</em></p><p>17. Chicano Men: A Cartography of Homosexual Identity and Behavior, <em>Tomás Almaguer</em></p><p>18. Lesbian Identity and Autobiographical Difference[s], <em>Biddy Martin</em></p><p>19. Toward a Butch-Femme Aesthetic, <em>Sue-Ellen Case</em></p><p>20. Imitation and Gender Insubordination, <em>Judith Butler</em></p><p>21. Spare Parts: The Surgical Construction of Gender, <em>Marjorie Garber</em></p><p><strong>Part IV: The Uses of the Erotic</strong></p><p>22. The Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power, <em>Audre Lorde</em></p><p>23. The Boys in My Bedroom, <em>Douglas Crimp</em></p><p>24. Looking for Trouble, <em>Kobena Mercer</em></p><p>25. Robert Mapplethorpe and the Discipline of Photography, <em>Richard Meyer</em></p><p>26. Freud, Male Homosexuality, and the Americans, <em>Henry Abelove</em></p><p><strong>Part V: "The Evidence of Experience"</strong></p><p>27. The Evidence of Experience, <em>Joan W. Scott</em></p><p>28.<em> </em>Is There a History of Sexuality?, <em>David M. Halperin</em></p><p>29. "They Wonder to Which Sex I Belong": The Historical Roots of the Modern Lesbian Identity, <em>Martha Vicinus</em></p><p>30. "Lines She Did Not Dare": Angelina Weld Grimke , Harlem Renaissance Poet, <em>Gloria T. Hull</em></p><p>31. Capitalism and Gay Identity, <em>John D'Emilio</em></p><p><strong>Part VI: Collective Identities / Dissident Identities</strong><br>32. Androgynous Males and Deficient Females: Biology and Gender Boundaries in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century China, <em>Charlotte Furth</em></p><p>33. The Bow and the Burden Strap: A New Look at Institutionalized Homosexuality in Native North America, <em>Harriet Whitehead</em></p><p>34. Just One of the Boys: Lesbians in Cherry Grove, 1960-1988, <em>Esther Newton</em></p><p>35. Hijras as Neither Man Nor Woman, <em>Serena Nanda</em></p><p>36. Tearooms and Sympathy or The Epistemology of the Water Closet, <em>Lee Edelman</em></p><p><strong>Part VII: Between the Pages</strong></p><p>37. Double Consciousness in Sapphos Lyrics, <em>John J. Winkler</em></p><p>38. De-Constructing the Lesbian Body: Cherríe Moraga's <em>Loving in the War Years</em>, <em>Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano</em></p><p>39. When Jack Blinks: Si(gh)ting Gay Desire in Ann Bannon's <em>Beebo Brinker, Michèle Aina Barale</em></p><p>40. "It's Not Safe. Not Safe at All": Sexuality in Nella Larsen's <em>Passing,Deborah E. McDowell</em></p><p>41. Different Desires: Subjectivity and Transgression in Wilde and Gide, <em>Jonathan Dollimore</em></p><p>42. The Sonograms of Gertrude Stein, <em>Catharine R. Stimpson</em></p><p><strong>Suggestions for Further Reading</strong></p>