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Homoerotic Sensibilities in Late Imperial China
ISBN: 9780415334747 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Homoerotic Sensibilities in Late Imperial China is the richest exploration to date of late imperial Chinese literati interest in male love. Employing primary sources such as miscellanies (including diaries and letters), poetry, fiction and 'flower guides', Wu Cuncun argues that male homoeroticism played a central role in the cultural life of late imperial Chinese literati elites. Countering recent arguments that homosexuality was marginal and disparaged during this period, the book also seeks to trace the relationship of homoeroticism to status and power, arguing that existing paradigms for...
Homoerotic Sensibilities in Late Imperial China is the richest exploration to date of late imperial Chinese literati interest in male love. Employing ...
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728,68 |
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Public Discourses of Gay Men
ISBN: 9780415349734 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Queer linguistics has only recently developed as an area of study; however academic interest in this field is rapidly increasing. Despite its growing appeal, many books on a ~gay languagea (TM) focus on private conversation and small communities. As such, Public Discourses of Gay Men represents an important corrective, by investigating a variety of sources in the public domain. A broad range of material, including tabloid newspaper articles, political debates on homosexual law and erotic narratives are used in order to analyse the language surrounding homosexuality. Bringing together queer... Queer linguistics has only recently developed as an area of study; however academic interest in this field is rapidly increasing. Despite its growi... |
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704,38 |
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The Sciences of Homosexuality in Early Modern Europe
ISBN: 9780415403214 / Angielski / Twarda / 281 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Sciences of Homosexuality in Early Modern Europe investigates early modern scientific accounts of same-sex desires and the shapes they assumed in everyday life. It explores the significance of those representations and interpretations from around 1450 to 1750, long before the term homosexuality was coined and accrued its current range of cultural meanings.
This collection establishes that efforts to produce scientific explanations for same-sex desires and sexual behaviors are not a modern invention, but have long been characteristic of European thought. The sciences of antiquity had... The Sciences of Homosexuality in Early Modern Europe investigates early modern scientific accounts of same-sex desires and the shapes they assumed in ...
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752,97 |
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One Hundred Years of Homosexuality: And Other Essays on Greek Love
ISBN: 9780415900973 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examining love, sex and gender in the ancient Greek world, David Halperin documents the existence in ancient Greece of a radically unfamiliar set of attitudes and behaviours, institutions and social pratices.
Examining love, sex and gender in the ancient Greek world, David Halperin documents the existence in ancient Greece of a radically unfamiliar set of a...
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194,26 |
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Inside/Out: Lesbian Theories, Gay Theories
ISBN: 9780415902373 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lesbians and gays have gone from "coming out," to "acting up," to "outing," meanwhile radically redefining society's views on sexuality and gender. The essays in Inside/Out employ a variety of approaches (psychoanalysis, deconstruction, semiotics, and discourse theory) to investigate representations of sex and sexual difference in literature, film, video, music, and photography. Engaging the figures of divas, dykes, vampires and queens, the contributors address issues such as AIDS, pornography, pedagogy, authorship, and activism. Inside/Out...
Lesbians and gays have gone from "coming out," to "acting up," to "outing," meanwhile radically redefining society's views on sexuality and gender. Th...
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228,27 |
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Forms of Desire: Sexual Orientation and the Social Constructionist Controversy
ISBN: 9780415904858 / Angielski / Miękka / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Perhaps the foremost issue in the emerging area of inquiry known as lesbian and gay studies is the social constructionist controversy. Social constructionism is the view that the categories of sexual orientation are cultural constructs rather than naturally universal categories.
Forms of Desire brings together important essays by social constructionists and their critics, representing several disciplines and approaches to this debate about the history and science of sexuality. Perhaps the foremost issue in the emerging area of inquiry known as lesbian and gay studies is the social constructionist controversy. Social construc...
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237,98 |
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The Gay and Lesbian Liberation Movement: Liberation Movement
ISBN: 9780415906487 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is one of the first books on the movement written specifically for introductory students. It examines gay and lesbian liberation from three different perspectives: as a sexual freedom movement, as a political movement and as a movement of ideas. Separate chapters treat gay culture, lesbian feminism and conflicts and debates within the movement. The book describes the historical roots of contemporary gay and lesbian liberation, its links to other progressive movements, and the impact of AIDS as well as the institutional homophobia and legal issues in some of the major gay and lesbian...
This is one of the first books on the movement written specifically for introductory students. It examines gay and lesbian liberation from three diffe...
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135,98 |
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Reclaiming Sodom
ISBN: 9780415907552 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reclaiming Sodom explores alternatives to thes force of the Sodomitic biblical narrative in Islamic, non-western, and western traditions, and discusses the ways in which sodomy calls into question normative definitions of sexuality and gender. The collection pursues the "pleasures and dangers" of these alternatives, and takes on Proust's refusal to imagine a social movement founded on the "stigma" of Sodom.
Reclaiming Sodom explores alternatives to thes force of the Sodomitic biblical narrative in Islamic, non-western, and western traditions, and...
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126,25 |
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Perversions: Deviant Readings by Mandy Merck
ISBN: 9780415907927 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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189,41 |
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Negotiating Lesbian and Gay Subjects
ISBN: 9780415908337 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Locating Lesbian and Gay Subjects collects some of the papers from the Fifth Annual Lesbian and Gay Studies Conference. These essays are distinguished by their concern with a politics of location, shifting emphasis from gay and/or lesbian identity to the location of subjects in material experiences or events. Within this framework, the writers examine literature, art, psychoanalysis and personal experience. A number of the essays explore the role that specific racial and ethnic constructions play in the construction of gay men and/or lesbians, and conversely, the role of sexual identities in...
Locating Lesbian and Gay Subjects collects some of the papers from the Fifth Annual Lesbian and Gay Studies Conference. These essays are distinguished...
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106,83 |
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A Family and Friend's Guide to Sexual Orientation: Bridging the Divide Between Gay and Straight
ISBN: 9780415912754 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Family and Friend's Guide to Sexual Orientation helps individuals and families to bridge the divide between gay and straight, to heal wounds that often accompany individuals and families' negative feelings about lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgendered persons. Consisting of thirty stories by individuals who have come to accept and embrace their own sexuality, twelve of the stories are by heterosexuals who, in addition to talking about their own sexuality, speak of the homosexuality of a loved one. The book also includes five personal...
A Family and Friend's Guide to Sexual Orientation helps individuals and families to bridge the divide betwe...
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534,37 |
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A Family and Friend's Guide to Sexual Orientation: Bridging the Divide Between Gay and Straight
ISBN: 9780415912761 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume aims to help individuals and families bridge the divide between gay and straight, and heal the wounds that often accompany negative feelings about lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgendered persons. The 30 stories, focusing on each individuals life history, offer insights into the family dynamics relating to the homosexuality of a family member, and show families can work together to achieve a place of compassion and acceptance.
This volume aims to help individuals and families bridge the divide between gay and straight, and heal the wounds that often accompany negative feelin...
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145,69 |
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Homo Economics: Capitalism, Community, and Lesbian and Gay Life
ISBN: 9780415913799 / Angielski / Miękka / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Homo Economics is the first honest account of the tense relationship between gay people and the economy. This groundbreaking collection brings together a variety of voices from the worlds of journalism, activism, academia, the arts, and public policy to address issues including the recent economic history of the gay community, the community's response to its changing economic circumstances, and the risks inherent in a narrow definition of liberation.
Homo Economics is the first honest account of the tense relationship between gay people and the economy. Th...
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194,26 |
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Latino Gay Men and HIV: Culture, Sexuality, and Risk Behavior
ISBN: 9780415913881 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With research based on focus group and individual interviews in the United States, as well as a thorough and integrative review of the current literature, Latino Gay Men and HIV discusses the six main sociocultural factors in Latino communities -- machismo, homophobia, family cohesion, sexual silence, poverty and racism--which undermine safe sex practices. In an attempt to explain the alarmingly high incidence of unprotected intercourse in this population, this in-depth cultural and psychological analysis...
With research based on focus group and individual interviews in the United States, as well as a thorough and integrative review of the current literat...
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194,26 |
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Creating a Place For Ourselves: Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Community Histories
ISBN: 9780415913904 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Creating a Place For Ourselves is a groundbreaking collection of essays that examines gay life in the United States before Stonewall and the gay liberation movement. Along with examining areas with large gay communities such as New York, San Francisco and Fire Island, the contributors also consider the thriving gay populations in cities like Detroit, Buffalo, Washington, D.C., Birmingham and Flint, demonstrating that gay communities are truly everywhere. Contributors: Brett Beemyn, Nan Alamilla Boyd, George Chauncey, Madeline Davis, Allen Drexel, John Howard, David Johnson, Liz...
Creating a Place For Ourselves is a groundbreaking collection of essays that examines gay life in the United States before Stonewall and the ...
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203,98 |
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Playing with Fire: Queer Politics, Queer Theories
ISBN: 9780415914161 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The last five years have witnessed the birth of a vibrant new group of young scholars who are writing about queer law, politics, and policy--topics which are no longer treated as of interest only to lesbians and gay men, but which now garner the attention of political theorists of all stripes. Playing With Fire--the first scholarly collection on queer politics by US political theorists--opens the intersection of lesbian and gay studies and political theory to a wide audience. It covers a wide range of issues, including: the theory of queer...
The last five years have witnessed the birth of a vibrant new group of young scholars who are writing about queer law, politics, and policy--topics wh...
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850,12 |
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Playing with Fire: Queer Politics, Queer Theories
ISBN: 9780415914178 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The last five years have witnessed the birth of a vibrant new group of young scholars who are writing about queer law, politics, and policy--topics which are no longer treated as of interest only to lesbians and gay men, but which now garner the attention of political theorists of all stripes. Playing With Fire--the first scholarly collection on queer politics by US political theorists--opens the intersection of lesbian and gay studies and political theory to a wide audience. It covers a wide range of issues, including: the theory of queer...
The last five years have witnessed the birth of a vibrant new group of young scholars who are writing about queer law, politics, and policy--topics wh...
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310,85 |
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Asian American Sexualities: Dimensions of the Gay and Lesbian Experience
ISBN: 9780415914376 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume dispels the stereotype of oriental sexual decadence, as well as the model minority heterosexual Asian stereotype in the US. The collection includes empirical research, critical essays, personal accounts, interviews, and creative writing by Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, South Asian, Pacific Islander and Filipino contributors
This volume dispels the stereotype of oriental sexual decadence, as well as the model minority heterosexual Asian stereotype in the US. The collection...
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252,56 |
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A Matter of Justice: Lesbians and Gay Men in Law Enforcement
ISBN: 9780415914680 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. All too often, gays and lesbians are not accepted by the criminal justice community because of their sexual orientation, and because they are criminal justice personnel, they are not accepted by lesbians and gay men. Written by a past liaison between the Miami Beach Police Department and the lesbian, gay and bisexual community, A Matter of Justice highlights the paradoxes and difficulties faced by these men and women. It portrays the diversity and similarities of their experiences and shares their...
All too often, gays and lesbians are not accepted by the criminal justice community because of their sexual orientation, and because they are criminal...
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801,54 |
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A Matter of Justice: Lesbians and Gay Men in Law Enforcement
ISBN: 9780415914697 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. All too often, gays and lesbians are not accepted by the criminal justice community because of their sexual orientation, and because they are criminal justice personnel, they are not accepted by lesbians and gay men. Written by a past liaison between the Miami Beach Police Department and the lesbian, gay and bisexual community, A Matter of Justice highlights the paradoxes and difficulties faced by these men and women. It portrays the diversity and similarities of their experiences and shares their...
All too often, gays and lesbians are not accepted by the criminal justice community because of their sexual orientation, and because they are criminal...
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252,56 |