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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954310903321

Titolo

Lesbian and gay studies : an introductory, interdisciplinary approach / / edited by Theo Sandfort ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 2000

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE, , 2000

ISBN

9786612337161

9780761954170

0761954171

9781282337169

1282337165

9781849208215

1849208212

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 236 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SandfortTheo <1953->

Disciplina

305.9/0664

Soggetti

Coming out (Sexual orientation)

Gay and lesbian studies

Gay liberation movement

Homosexuality

Gay studies

Lesbian studies

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

Cover; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; 1 - The Challenge of Lesbian and Gay Studies; 2 - Homosexuality, Psychology, and Gay and Lesbian Studies; 3 - Mapping the Sociological Gay: Past, Presents and Futures of a Sociology of Same Sex Relations; 4 - Hidden from History? Homosexuality and the Historical Sciences; 5 - Queering Anthropology; 6 - Homo Legalis: Lesbian and Gay in Legal Studies; 7 - The Private and the Public: Gay and Lesbian Issues in Political Science; 8 - Geographies of Sexuality - A Review of Progress; 9 - Gay Male Literary Studies

10 - Lesbian Literary Studies11 - Fashionably Queer: Lesbian and Gay



Cultural Studies; 12 - Crossing Borders - A Debate on the Perspectives of Women's Studies and Gay and Lesbian Studies; 13 - Fighting the Epidemic: Social AIDS Studies; 14 - Conclusion: Gay and Lesbian Studies at the Crossroads; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This timely book seeks to demonstrate the coherence of lesbian and gay studies. It introduces the reader to the principal inter-disciplinary approaches in the field and critically assesses their strengths and weaknesses whilst asking: What is lesbian and gay studies? When did it emerge? And what are its achievements and research agenda?