Gay Studies

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807079317Author John J. McNeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

For around a hundred years up to the Stonewall riots, the word used for gay men was 'queers'. In The Culture of Queers, Richard Dyer traces the contours of queer culture, examining the differences and continuities with the gay culture which succeeded it...

Ever since the 1969 Stonewall Riots, 'gay pride' has been the rallying cry of the gay rights movement and the political force behind the emergence of the field of gay and lesbian studies. But has something been lost, forgotten, or buried beneath the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946307838Author Peter SanlonFormat PaperbackPage Count 54Imprint The Latimer TrustPublisher The Latimer TrustWeight(grams) 84g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781896559490Author Richard HarroldFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Sumeru Press Inc.Publisher Sumeru Press Inc.Weight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Better known in 1882 as a cultural icon than a serious writer, Oscar Wilde was brought to North America for a major lecture tour on Aestheticism and the decorative arts. With characteristic aplomb, he adopted the role as the ambassador of Aestheticism,...

Amputation need not always signify castration; indeed, in Jack London's fiction, losing a limb becomes part of a process through which queerly gendered men become properly masculinized. In her astute book, Vulnerable Constitutions, Cynthia Barounis...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559363846Author Tony KushnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805006001Author Richard PlantFormat PaperbackPage Count 257Imprint Henry Holt & Company IncPublisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985700904Author Sassafras LowreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 358Imprint Pomo FreakshowPublisher Pomo FreakshowWeight(grams) 526g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732134409Author Don SheweyFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Joybody BooksPublisher Joybody BooksWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 12mm

Introducing the New Sexuality Studies: Original Essays is an innovative, reader-friendly collection of essays that introduces the field of sexuality studies to undergraduate students. Examining the social, cultural, and historical dimensions of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312671938Author David R CarterFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Saint Martin's Griffin,U.S.Publisher Saint Martin's Griffin,U.S.Weight(grams) 426g

Evidence of Being opens on a grim scene: Washington DC's gay black community in the 1980s, ravaged by AIDS, the crack epidemic, and a series of unsolved murders, seemingly abandoned by the government and mainstream culture. Yet in this darkest of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060933913Author Associate Professor Eric MarcusFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849351843Author Ryan ConradFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint AK PressPublisher AK PressWeight(grams) 362g

What was once a lifestyle for a small number of gay men in big cities has become a way of life for many, and the gay gym is now a culture on its own. Muscle Boys: Gay Gym Culture explores the evolution and current structure of this gay subculture that...

John D'Emilio is one of the leading historians of his generation and a pioneering figure in the field of LGBTQ history. At times his life has been seemingly at odds with his upbringing. How does a boy from an Italian immigrant family in which everyone...

In early 20th-century China, age-old traditions of homosocial and homoerotic relationships between women suddenly became an issue of widespread public concern. Discussed formerly in terms of friendship and sisterhood, these relations came to be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807044650Author Michael BronskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 369gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 153mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781584351993Author Herve GuibertFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Semiotext (E)Publisher AutonomediaDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm * 6mm

By bringing queer theory to bear on ideas of diaspora, Gayatri Gopinath produces both a more compelling queer theory and a more nuanced understanding of diaspora. Focusing on queer female diasporic subjectivity, Gopinath develops a theory of diaspora...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849351201Author Deric ShannonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint AK PressPublisher AK PressWeight(grams) 342g

In Queer Activism in India, Naisargi Dave examines the formation of lesbian communities in India from the 1980s to the early 2000s. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted with activist organizations in Delhi, a body of letters written by lesbian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874775662Author Tina B. TessinaFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Tarcher/Putnam,USPublisher Tarcher/Putnam,USDimensions(mm) 240mm * 156mm * 17mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807059081Author Rev Elizabeth M. EdmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

"At various times, homosexuality has been considered the noblest of loves, a horrible sin, a psychological condition or grounds for torture and execution. David F. Greenberg's careful, encyclopedic and important new book argues that homosexuality is only...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400078660Author Andrew SullivanFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 307gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Queer subjects have become acceptable in society only through being cast in the shadow of the new folk devil, the 'homophobic migrant' who is rendered by society as hateful and disposable. This book explores this concept of 'queer regeneration'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679754749Author Edmund WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 439gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807079577Author Patrick MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 312g

Words of Change: QUEER offers a curated collection of thought-provoking quotes and passages from the writings and speeches of activists and allies in the LGBTQIA+ community, with a focus on diverse and previously unheard voices. Compiled by activist...

Around the world, LGBTQ+ activists have won an unprecedented series of political victories, from marriage equality to increased representation in government. But this success has sparked a backlash. While there has been much scrutiny of the role of the...

Unlike many social movements, the gay and lesbian struggle for visibility and rights has succeeded in combining a unified group identity with the celebration of individual differences. In "Forging Gay Identities", Elizabeth Armstrong explores how this...

One doesn't usually associate thriving queer culture with rural America, but John Howard's history of queer life in the South seeks to debunk the myth that same-sex desires can't find expression outside the big city. In fact, this book shows that the...

In 2015, Ireland will hold a referendum on the subject of extending marriage rights to same-sex people in the State. This referendum is the culmination of one of the most rapid and transformative changes in Irish society over the last century. In this...

As the first full-length study of the history of sexuality in America, "Intimate Matters" offered trenchant insights into the sexual behavior of Americans from colonial times to the present. Now, twenty-five years after its first publication, this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374533021Author Mr Justin SpringFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999294390Author Jaimie KeltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint Lit Riot Press, LLCPublisher Lit Riot Press, LLCWeight(grams) 467g

'We were always here a constellation of hearts beating all over the world. Our stories matter. Don't let anyone tell you any differently.' In an empty library, under a blanket of watchful stars, four friends come together after suffering a...