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Out in Public: Reinventing Lesbian/ Gay Anthropology in a Globalizing World 1st Edition

by Ellen Lewin (Editor), William L. Leap (Editor)
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Out in Public addresses, and engages us in, the new and exciting directions in the emerging field of lesbian/gay anthropology. The authors offer a deep conversation about the meaning of sexuality, subjectivity and culture.
  • Affirms the importance of recognizing gay and lesbian social issues within the arena of public anthropology
  • Explores critical concerns of gay activism in a variety of global settings, from the U.S., the European Union, Singapore, Nigeria, India, Nicaragua, and Guadalajara
  • Offers a unique focus on the politics of being gay and lesbian - in cross-cultural perspective
  • Deals with broad-ranging issues that affect human sexuality and human rights globally
  • Winner of the 2009 Ruth Benedict Prize in the category of "Best Anthology"
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  1. ISBN-10
    1405191015
  2. ISBN-13
    978-1405191012
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    Blackwell Pub
  5. Publication date
    May 4, 2009
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    6.75 x 0.75 x 9.75 inches
  8. Print length
    365 pages
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"Lewin and Leap have done it again. Out in Public is an innovative collection of essays focusing on anthropology’s place in public debates over lesbian/gay lives. This book demonstrates the crucial contributions that lesbian/gay anthropology can offer contemporary debates over sexuality and justice."
–Tom Boellstorff, University of California, Irvine

"For the contributors to this fine volume, practicing anthropology in public is not about "problem-solving." Rather, to be out in practice is to use anthropology to protest the dominant gender order."
–Richard Handler, University of Virginia

"Lewin and Leap have collected many intriguing insights about the neoliberal global order, real-world problems, and non-normative sexualities and genders. Those looking for sharp analyses of contemporary sexual politics will find Out in Public to be indispensable. It is a timely and fascinating read that demonstrates, once again, the centrality of lesbian/gay studies in anthropology to the field at large and to the wider academy."
–Jeff Maskovsky, Queen’s College, City University of New York

"Insightful, rich portraits of Gay/Lesbian communities as they come Out in Public in Nicaragua, Thailand, Mexico, Nigeria, Europe, Singapore and the U.S. Anthropologists engage in contemporary debates such as gay marriage, gay fatherhood, LGBT rights, and HIV/AIDS prevention. Critical, sensitive, and compelling reading."
–Louise Lamphere, University of New Mexico

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Out in Public addresses, and engages us in, the new and exciting directions in the emerging field of lesbian/gay anthropology. The authors confront the uneasy relationships between lesbian/gay anthropology and applied/public anthropology, whose practitioners have long insisted on a more objective, detached and apolitical approach to problem-identification and practical problem-solving.

The book focuses on the authors’ engagements in the everyday lives of lesbian/gay people, and describes the strategies that they, as public anthropologists, have used to promote effective intervention and change in LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual] communities. They report with candor on issues such as minority or transgressive sexualities and genders that have increasingly become central to political discourses both in the West and in the developing world. They illustrate how these developments occur not in isolation from one another, but as part of dialogues that are intensified by globalization and transnational flows of people and information. Readers will be intrigued by the complex intellectual, political, and theoretical developments that mark this developing field in anthropology. The authors of Out in Public offer a deeper conversation about the meaning of sexuality, subjectivity and culture.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Blackwell Pub; 1st edition (May 4, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 365 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1405191015
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1405191012
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.5 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 0.75 x 9.75 inches
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William L. Leap, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the American University (Washington, DC) and an Affiliate Professor in the Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, FL). He is the founder of the Lavender Languages Conference and, with Heiko Motschenbacher, the founding co-editor of the Journal of Language & Sexuality. His writings about language and sexuality address topics as varied as race/class inequities, sexuality and gender differences, language socialization, homophobia/hate speech, gay pornography, trans-national circulations, subaltern voice, and problems of queer historiography. He is completing a study of language, sexuality and inequality in late apartheid Capetown, South Africa, and continues to explore materials documenting language use in the US before Stonewall. When not doing research or writing, he enjoys his swimming pool and the other benefits of low-maintenance living in sunny South Florida.

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