Border Patrols

by Steinberg, Deborah Lynn; Epstein, Debbie; Johnson, Richard; Politics of Sexuality Group

• ISBN13: 9780304334797
• ISBN10: 0304334790
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-04-01
• Publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group

Summary

This accessible and authoritative book looks at the key debates in gay and lesbian studies and provides an introductory overview and critical reflection of each field.

Table of Contents

Contested Borders, Contingent Lives: An Introduction	p. 1
Love's Labours: Playing it Straight on the Oprah Winfrey Show	p. 32
Technologies of Heterosexuality: Eugenic Reproductions Under Glass	p. 66
Invasion of the Monstrous Others: Heterosexual Masculinities, the 'AIDS Carrier' and the Horror Genre	p. 98
Impedimenta: Dramaturgy of the Divine Offspring	p. 118
Masculinities and Schooling: Why are Young Men so Homophobic?	p. 138
Educating Peter: The Making of a History Man	p. 162
What's in a Ban? The Popular Media, Romeo and Juliet and Compulsory Heterosexuality	p. 183
Grievous Recognitions 1: Poems of Love, Loss and Reparation	p. 204
Grievous Recognitions 2: The Grieving Process and Sexual Boundaries	p. 232
Eating the Other: Imaging the Fantasy of Incorporation	p. 253
Index	p. 275
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