1st Edition
Social Perspectives in Lesbian and Gay Studies A Reader
640 Pages
by
Routledge
640 Pages
by
Routledge
640 Pages
by
Routledge
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This comprehensive reader brings a social science perspective to an area hitherto dominated by the humanities. Through it, students will be able to follow the story of how sociology has come to engage with gay and lesbian issues from the 1950s to the present, from the earliest research on the underground worlds of gay men to the emergence of queer theory in the 1990s. Bringing together classic... Read more
Table of Contents. Introduction. Part One: Looking - The Sociological Baseline A. Researching Homosexualities B. Theorizing Homosexualities: The Foundations of the Constructionist Debate Part Two: Looking In - Identities and Communities A. Building Gay and Lesbian Communities B. Building Identities Part Three: Looking Out - Institutions and Social Change Introduction. A. Creating Social Movements B. Challenging Institutional Heterosexism Part Four: Looking Ahead - Challenges for Further Research Introduction. A. Globalizing Gay and Lesbian Studies B. Doing Race, Class, and Gender C. Queering the Sociological
Afterword: Ken Plummer, 'The Past, Present, and Futures of the Sociology of Same-Sex Relations'
Afterword: Ken Plummer, 'The Past, Present, and Futures of the Sociology of Same-Sex Relations'
Biography
Peter M. Nardi, Beth E. Schneider
