{"product_id":"the-lesbian-and-gay-studies-reader-paperback","title":"The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry Abelove\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMichele Aina Barale\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDavid M. Halperin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing together forty-two groundbreaking essays--many of them already classics--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e provides a much-needed introduction to the contemporary state of lesbian\/gay studies, extensively illustrating the range, scope, diversity, appeal, and power of the work currently being done in the field. Featuring essays by such prominent scholars as Judith Butler, John D'Emilio, Kobena Mercer, Adrienne Rich, Gayle Rubin, and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e explores a multitude of sexual, ethnic, racial, and socio-economic experiences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRanging across disciplines including history, literature, critical theory, cultural studies, African American studies, ethnic studies, sociology, anthropology, psychology, classics, and philosophy, this anthology traces the inscription of sexual meanings in all forms of cultural expression. Representing the best and most significant English language work in the field, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lesbian and Gay Studies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReader\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e addresses topics such as butch-fem roles, the cultural construction of gender, lesbian separatism, feminist theory, AIDS, safe-sex education, colonialism, S\/M, Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, children's books, black nationalism, popular films, Susan Sontag, the closet, homophobia, Freud, Sappho, the media, the \u003cem\u003ehijras\u003c\/em\u003e of India, Robert Mapplethorpe, and the politics of representation. It also contains an extensive bibliographical essay which will provide readers with an invaluable guide to further reading. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContributors: \u003c\/strong\u003e Henry Abelove, Tomas Almaguer, Ana Maria Alonso, Michele Barale, Judith Butler, Sue-Ellen Case, Danae Clark, Douglas Crimp, Teresa de Lauretis, John D'Emilio, Jonathan Dollimore, Lee Edelman, Marilyn Frye, Charlotte Furth, Marjorie Garber, Stuart Hall, David Halperin, Phillip Brian Harper, Gloria T. Hull, Maria Teresa Koreck, Audre Lorde, Biddy Martin, Deborah E. McDowell, Kobena Mercer, Richard Meyer, D. A. Miller, Serena Nanda, Esther Newton, Cindy Patton, Adrienne Rich, Gayle Rubin, Joan W. Scott, Daniel L. Selden, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Barbara Smith, Catharine R. Stimpson, Sasha Torres, Martha Vicinus, Simon Watney, Harriet Whitehead, John J. Winkler, Monique Wittig, and Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHenry Abelove\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of English at Wesleyan University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Evangelist of Desire: John Wesley and the Methodists\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichèle Aina Barale \u003c\/strong\u003eis Assistant Professor of English and Women's and Gender Studies at Amherst College. Her book \u003cem\u003eBelow the Belt: Essays in Queer Reading \u003c\/em\u003eis forthcoming from Routledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid M. Halperin\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Literature at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eOne Hundred Years of Homosexuality and Other Essays on Greek Love\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 688\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.65 x 9.97 x 7.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 19, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45892845797573,"sku":"9780415905190","price":145.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/SWeOxMilsi9780415905190.webp?v=1771918757","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-lesbian-and-gay-studies-reader-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}