Queer Man on Campus: A History of Non-Heterosexual College Men, 1945-2000

by Dilley,Patrick

• ISBN13: 9780415933377
• ISBN10: 0415933374
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781317973003
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2002-09-20
• Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer
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Summary

Capturing the diversity of non-heterosexual men's lives in their formative years,Queer Man on Campusblends historical analysis with personal stories to show that the gay college experience is far from uniform. Instead, Dilley finds, gay collegiates fall into seven distinct identities that have been played out in college life from World War II to the end of the twentieth century. From those who spent their college years in denial or led dual lives, to those who - spurred on by the politics of the 1960s and 70s - brought sexual identity firmly into student life, coursework, and institutional policy, Dilley traces the important, subtle development of gay male identities across five decades.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
SECTION I: FINDING MY WAY
Calling Names, Naming Tales	3	(12)
Queer Theory, Identity Development Theories, and Non-Heterosexual Students	15	(40)
SECTION II: PATTERNS OF NON-HETEROSEXUAL LIVES
Tearooms and No Sympathy: Homosexuals and the Closet	55	(28)
From the Margins to the Ivory Tower: Gay and Queer Students	83	(40)
Beyond Textbook Definitions: ``Normal'' and Parallel Students	123	(38)
SECTION III: MAKING SENSE OF NON-HETEROSEXUAL IDENTITY
Collegiate Non-Heterosexual Identities, 1945--2000	161	(34)
On the Fluidity of Identity	195	(22)
Appendix	217	(12)
Bibliography	229	(12)
Index	241