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Queer Studies: A Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Anthology Paperback – July 1, 1996
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A unique introduction to sexual and gender identity and queer studies
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people are becoming more and more visible in all aspects of American culture, from party politics to MTV videos.
Despite the recent queer publishing explosion, few texts cover a broad range of topics around sexual and gender identities. Most existing works are high-level theory books, texts focused upon specific disciplines or topics, or practical guides aimed primarily at a heterosexual audience or people just beginning to come out. There has been to date no general, accessible, and inclusive work suitable for use as an introduction to Queer Studies.
In this collection, contributors assess the conflict between postmodernism and identity, the concept which typically serves as a linchpin for social and political organizing. Others address queer theory, looking specifically at how we define it, how it informs political activism, and how we can theorize such aspects of sexual performance/behaviors as s/m or butch-femme relationships.
The volume contains contributions from both established and newly emerging Queer Studies scholars, including Amber Ault, M. V. Lee Badgett, Warren J. Blumenfeld, Gregory Conerly, Patricia L. Duncan, Ruth Goldman, Lynda Goldstein, Sherrie A. Inness, Christopher James, Amanda Udis-Kessler, JeeYeun Lee, Michele E. Lloyd, Tracy D. Morgan, Ki Namaste, Vernon Rosario II, Paula Rust, and Siobhan Somerville.
- Print length326 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateJuly 1, 1996
- Dimensions7 x 0.74 x 10 inches
- ISBN-100814712584
- ISBN-13978-0814712580
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About the Author
Mickey Eliason is Assistant Professor of Nursing and Psychology at the University of Iowa. Both teach classes in Queer Studies.
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- Publisher : NYU Press; Illustrated edition (July 1, 1996)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 326 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0814712584
- ISBN-13 : 978-0814712580
- Item Weight : 1.25 pounds
- Dimensions : 7 x 0.74 x 10 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,869,903 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #3,056 in LGBTQ+ Demographic Studies
- #4,075 in General Gender Studies
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I'm both an academic and fiction/creative nonfiction writer. Although I was born and raised in Iowa, I now live in beautiful San Francisco. After 30 years in the academic writing formulaic articles, I am experimenting with various types of creative writing, but focusing on writing about the lessons I have learned in the past 15 years of exploring the beauty of the natural world and the inner work of becoming more fully myself.
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Dr. Beemyn has published and spoken extensively on the experiences and needs of transgender people, particularly the lives of gender nonconforming students. Ze has written or edited six books/journal issues, including special issues of the Journal of LGBT Youth on "Trans Youth" and the Journal of Homosexuality on "LGBTQ Campus Experiences." The director of the Stonewall Center at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, ze is also a board member of the Transgender Law and Policy Institute and an editorial board member of the Journal of LGBT Youth, the Journal of Bisexuality, the Journal of Homosexuality, and the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice. Dr. Beemyn has a Ph.D. in African American Studies and Master's degrees in African American Studies, American Studies, and Higher Education Administration.
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Queer Studies:
A Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Anthology
(New York: New York University Press, 1996) 318 pages
(ISBN: 0-8147-1257-6; hardcover)
(ISBN: 0-8147-1258-4; paperback)
(Library of Congress call number: HQ76.25.Q385 1996)
Twenty academics with some variation of sex and/or gender
explore the many dimensions of these variations.
They are all sympathetic to GBLTs.
But none of these essays attempts to explain the phenomena.
Rather, the book is more political, attempting to deal with
social oppression based on variations of sex and gender.
There is deep concern about the best concepts for each variation,
for example how different racial and ethnic groups deal with lesbianism.
There is no discussion of the sexuality
of people who have variations of sex and gender.
That is all left implicit and understood
--perhaps because the authors assume that the only readers
will be people who already understand everything
about their variant sexual feelings and behavior.
If all the readers are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender,
they need no exploration of these phenomena.
Rather, they need to work on their common oppression.
There is some discussion of the disputes
within the collection of all people
who have some variation of sex and/or gender,
for example conflicts between lesbian and bisexual women.
Each sub-group claims to be
more marginalized and erased than the others.
This anthology gives a few glimpses into the minds of
college professors who participate in the various communities
of people who have some variation of sex and/or gender.
But it adds little to the understanding of the phenomena.
If you would like to know about better books on this subject,
search the Internet for these exact words:
"VARIATIONS OF SEX & GENDER BIBLIOGRAPHY".
James Leonard Park, author of
Variations of Sex & Gender:
Six Phenomena Frequently Confused