Finding Out : An Introduction to LGBT Studies

by Deborah T. Meem

• ISBN13: 9781412938655
• ISBN10: 1412938651
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-28
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

Finding Out is the first textbook designed to introduce students to LGBT (lesbian. gay, bisexual, transgender). By combining accessible introductory and explanatory material with primary texts and artifacts, this text//reader explores the development and growth of LGBT identities and the interdisciplinary nature of LGBT studies.Authors Meem, Gibson, and Alexander clearly situate debates and readings within clear contexts (History, Literature and the Arts, Media and Politics), providing students with a coherent framework and comprehensive introduction to LGBT studies. While this emerging field is complex, multifaceted, and interdisciplinary (and therefore often inaccessible to students), Finding Out - through its instructional apparatus, primary texts, and organization - provides the ideal introduction for today's students.

Table of Contents

History

Before Identity: The Ancient World through the Nineteenth Century

Greek Paiderastia

Pederasty in Other Early Cultures: The Middle East and Far East

Gender Variance in Pre-Columbian America and India

Same-Sex Relationships and Desires in Judeo-Christian Cultures

Desires for Identity

Romantic Friendships and Boston Marriages

Molly-Houses: Early Homoerotic Subculture in England

Questions for Discussion

References and Further Reading

Sexology: Constructing the Modern Homosexual

Victorian Sex: Some Background

Sexology: Defining a Field of Study

A Sexologist In-Depth: Havelock Elliss

Paving the Way for Freud

Sexology and Early Sexual Rights Movements

Sexology's Legacy

Questions for Discussion

References and Further Reading

Toward Liberation

Medical Models of Homosexuality

Urban Life and Sexual Expression

World War II and Homosexuality

McCarthy and the Purge of the "Perverts"

The Homophile Movement

Questions for Discussion

References and Further Reading

Stonewall and Beyond

Emerging Visibility and Activism

AIDS Activism

Antigay Backlash

Gays in the Military and Hate Crimes Legislation

Questions for Discussion

References and Further Reading

Politics

Nature, Nurture, and Identity

Kinsey

Kinsey Scale

After Kinsey

Klein's Sexual Orientation Grid

The Storms Sexuality Axis

The Quest for the Gay Gene

Nature-Nurture: What's at Stake?

Questions for Discussion

References and Further Reading

Inclusion and Equality

Civil and Human Rights in a Global Context

Inclusion versus Assimilation: Two Approaches to Securing Rights

Exclusion, Inequality, and Physical Violence

Exclusion and Inequality-Both "Outside" and "Inside"

Questions for Discussion

References and Further Reading

Queer Diversities

L . . .G . . .T . . .: A Story of Push and Pull

Bisexual Erasure in the LGBT Community

Intersexuality

Q: Beyond Sexual Identity

"A" for Allies

Questions for Discussion

References and Further Reading

Intersectionalities

The "Down Low" and Applied Intersectional Theory

Women, Class, and Internationality

Tools for Intersectional Analysis

Questions for Discussion

References and Further Reading

Literature and the Arts

Homosexed Art and Literature

Whitman and His Descendants

The Expatriates

Performing Queer: Theater

Homosexed Literature: Global Disruptions

Fine Art: From the Beautiful to the Political

Questions for Discussion

References and Further Reading

Lesbian Pulp Novels and Gay Physique Pictorials

Physique Magazines

Lesbian Pulp Novels

Gay Male Pulp Novels

Transgender Novels

Questions for Discussion

References and Further Reading

Queer Transgressive Aesthetics

Theoretical Transgressions: The Emergence of Queer Theory

Art and Consumerism

From Pornography to Sadomasochism

Transgression and Politics

Questions for Discussion

References and Further Reading

Censorship and Moral Panic

Censorship, moral panic, and protection: introduction

Oscar Wilde

Radclyffe Hall

Mapplethorpe and Riggs

Queering Children's Books

Deepa Mehta

Questions for Discussion

References and Further Reading

Media

Film and Television

Visibility and Representation

Varieties of Queerness in Contemporary Film

Small-Screen Queers

Questions for Discussion

References and Further Reading

Queers and the Internet

Access, Connection, and Identity

Internet Censorship and Corporatization

Internet Activism

Questions for Discussion

References and Further Reading

The Politics of Location: Alternative Media and the Search for Queer Space

Documentary Films

Film and Music Festivals

Queer Music

LGBT Journalism: Magazines, Newspapers, Comics

Many Journeys, Many Homes

Questions for Discussion

References and Further Reading

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