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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457292003321

Titolo

Thinking straight [[electronic resource] ] : the power, the promise, and the paradox of heterosexuality / / edited by Chrys Ingraham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

81-8056-142-9

1-280-10292-6

0-203-00636-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

IngrahamChrys <1947->

Disciplina

306.764

Soggetti

Heterosexuality

Heterosexism

Social stratification

Homophobia

Sexual orientation - Public opinion - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Thinking Straight; Sexuality, Heterosexuality and Gender Hierarchy: Getting Our Priorities Straight; From Polluted Homosexual to the Normal Gay: Changing Patterns of Sexual Regulation in America; Claiming Citizenship? Sexuality, Citizenship and Lesbian Feminist Theory; The Transformation of Heterosexism and its Paradoxes; Crossing the Borders of Gendered Sexuality: Queer Masculinities of Straight Men; White Heterosexuality: A Romance of the Straight Man's Burden; The Mermaid and the Heterosexual Imagination

""Someday My Prince Will Come"": Disney, the Heterosexual Imaginary and Animated FilmOut of Wedlock: Why Some Poor Women Reject Marriage; The Production of Heterosexuality at the High School Prom; Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: The Filming of ""Wedding Advice""; Appendix; About the Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of original essays will unravel the current heterosexual scene in two parts: one on rights and privileges, the other on popular



culture. Topics covered include weddings, proms, citizenship, marriage penalties, cartoons, mermaids and myth.