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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820269103321

Titolo

Outlooks : lesbian and gay sexualities and visual cultures / / edited by Peter Horne and Reina Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-80307-9

0-7637-3280-X

1-134-80308-7

1-280-32094-X

0-203-43243-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HornePeter <1941->

LewisReina <1963->

Disciplina

306.76/6

Soggetti

Lesbians - Identity

Lesbian artists - Attitudes

Lesbian artists - History

Gay people - Identity

Gay artists - Attitudes

Gay artists - History

Arts and society

Gender identity

Gay artists in popular culture

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; List of figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Re-framed; inscribing lesbian, gay and queer presences in visual culture; Queer spectacles; Absent bodies/absent subjects: the political unconscious of postmodernism; Out of the maid's room: Dora, Stratonice and the lesbian analyst; Perverse male bodies: Simeon Solomon and Algernon Charles Swinburne; Losing his religion: Saint Sebastian as contemporary gay martyr; Dyke! Fag! Centurion! Whore! An appreciation of Tessa Boffin; The art of accompaniment; Lesbian artist?; Negotiating genres



Rough trade: notes towards sharing mascaraThe aura of timelessness; Promoting a sexuality: law and lesbian and gay visual culture in America; These waves of dying friends: gay men, AIDS, and multiple loss; Culture wars: race and queer art; Ad(dressing) the dyke: lesbian looks and lesbians looking; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive exploration of what constitutes a lesbian and gay artist and what differentiates them from their audience.