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

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Routledge, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.764
• Soggetto topico: Heterosexuality; Heterosexism; Social stratification; Homophobia; Sexual orientation - Public opinion - United States
• Altri autori: IngrahamChrys <1947->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Thinking straight
• ISBN: 1-135-95446-1; 81-8056-142-9; 1-280-10292-6; 0-203-00636-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784434703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II