Kategoria BISAC: Social Science >> LGBTQ+ Studies - Gay Studies

Scrutinizing the weave and texture of Walt Whitman s earliest poetry and fiction, the notebooks of 185556, the first edition (1855) of "Leaves of Grass, "and the "Calamus "poems, Byrne R. S. Fone demonstrates that from the beginning and throughout, Whitman s homoerotic muse, his "Fierce Wrestler," dictated the shape, tone, and message of the poetry.

Fone shows how Whitman s presumed homosexuality is reflected in the work. He identifies the definitive signs, symbols, metaphors, and" "structures unique to homosexual texts as he examines the ways in which the social, emotional, spiritual,...

A Gay Synagogue in New York recounts the communal experiences and personal dilemmas of the congregants of Beth Simchat Torah, the largest gay and lesbian synagogue in the United States.

As recently as the 1970s, gay and lesbian history was a relatively unexplored field for serious scholars. The past quarter century, however, has seen enormous growth in gay and lesbian studies. The literature is now voluminous; it is also widely scattered and not always easily accessible. In Toward Stonewall, Nicholas Edsall provides a much-needed synthesis, drawing upon both scholarly and popular writings to chart the development of homosexual subcultures in the modern era and the uneasy place they have occupied in Western society.

Edsall's survey begins three hundred years ago in...

As recently as the 1970s, gay and lesbian history was a relatively unexplored field for serious scholars. The past quarter century, however, has seen enormous growth in gay and lesbian studies. The literature is now voluminous; it is also widely scattered and not always easily accessible. In Toward Stonewall, Nicholas Edsall provides a much-needed synthesis, drawing upon both scholarly and popular writings to chart the development of homosexual subcultures in the modern era and the uneasy place they have occupied in Western society.

Edsall's survey begins three hundred years ago in...