About the Book
Finding Out introduces readers to lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender (LGBT) studies. Unlike most books on LGBT, this textbook combines original material with esteemed journal articles. Chapter introductions, written by the authors, place current research findings in a clear context. Finding Out reviews the history of same-sex relationships and gender variance from ancient Greece to the present yet goes beyond a historical account to provide an in-depth examination of LGBT culture and society. It includes chapter introductions that gives students a useful context for each research article. It connects chapter topics to one another with Lambda Links, which help facilitate analysis and discussion. It directs readers to relevant studies and information with "Find Out More" boxes in each chapter. "I am most impressed by this book's blend of comprehensive scope with approachable, intelligent presentation. It provides material valuable for both students new to the field and those taking more advanced courses without excluding either group on the basis of approach or diction...I just love this book!" (Sarah-Hope Parmeter University of California, Santa Cruz).
"This text will give me a way to teach LGBT issues as central - that is, Not as tangents, as add-ons, as side issues, but as a central area of inquiry...This text is by far the best thing I have seen, and it is heads and shoulders above any other possibilities..." (Mary Armstrong, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Intended Audience). This core text is designed for Introduction to Sexuality Studies as well as other undergraduate courses that include LGBT topics. Anyone interested in the history, culture, and society of LGBT will find this book an informative resource.
Table of Contents:
SECTION I: HISTORY 1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 SECTION II: POLITICS 5. 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 6. 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 7. 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 8. Intersectionalities The "Down Low" and Applied Intersectional Theory Women, Class, and Internationality Tools for Intersectional Analysis Questions for Discussion References and Further Reading SECTION III: LITERATURE AND THE ARTS 9. 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 10. 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 11. 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 12. 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 SECTION IV: MEDIA 13. Film and Television Visibility and Representation Varieties of Queerness in Contemporary Film Small-Screen Queers Questions for Discussion References and Further Reading 14. Queers and the Internet Access, Connection, and Identity Internet Censorship and Corporatization Internet Activism Questions for Discussion References and Further Reading 15. 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
About the Author :
Deborah T. Meem is professor and head of the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Cincinnati. Her academic specialties are Victorian literature, lesbian studies, and the nineteenth-century woman's novel. She earned a PhD from Stony Brook University in 1985. Her work has appeared in Journal of the History of Sexuality, Feminist Teacher, Studies in Popular Culture, and elsewhere. She has edited three works by Victorian novelist and journalist Eliza Lynn Linton: The Rebel of the Family (Broadview, 2002), Realities (Valancourt, 2010), and The Autobiography of Christopher Kirkland (Victorian Secrets, 2011). With Michelle Gibson, she has coedited Femme/Butch: New Considerations of the Way We Want to Go (2002) and Lesbian Academic Couples (2005), both published by Haworth Press. With Jonathan Alexander, she wrote "Dorian Gray, Tom Ripley, and the Queer Closet" (CLCWeb 2003). Michelle Gibson is Professor Emerita of the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Cincinnati. Her scholarship focuses on sexuality studies and pedagogy. Her most recent writing applies queer and postmodern identity theories to pedagogical practice and popular culture. In retirement, she writes and publishes poetry and maintains a blog called ProfSpazz at profspazz.com. With Jonathan Alexander, she edited QP: Queer Poetry, an online poetry journal, and she and Alexander also edited a strain of JAC (Journal of Advanced Composition) titled "Queer Composition(s)." With Deborah Meem, she coedited Femme/Butch: New Considerations of the Way We Want to Go (2002) and Lesbian Academic Couples (2005). Jonathan Alexander is professor of English and Chancellor's Fellow at the University of California, Irvine. He is a three-time recipient of the Ellen Nold Award for Best Articles in the field of computers and composition studies, and in 2011 was awarded the Charles Moran Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Field of Computers and Writing. His books include Literacy, Sexuality, Pedagogy: Theory and Practice for Composition Studies (2008) and Digital Youth: Emerging Literacies on the World Wide Web (2005); the coedited collections Bisexuality and Queer Theory: Intersections, Connections and Challenges (2011), Bisexuality and Transgenderism: InterSEXions of the Others (2004), and Role Play: Distance Learning and the Teaching of Writing (2006); and the coauthored books Argument Now: A Brief Rhetoric (2005) and Understanding Rhetoric: A Graphic Guide to Composition (2014).
