Gay in Social Science Books

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Winner of the 1994 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History, Chauncey's brilliant work challenges the conventional wisdom that before the 1960s gay life existed only in the closet. "Chauncey's genius here is the way he combines real lives and theory".--Out. Illustrations.

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This book introduces the substantive and theoretical strands of contemporary cultural studies through the medium of a particular case study: that of the Sony Walkman. Through the Walkman example, Doing Cultural Studies shows how and why cultural practices and institutions have come to play such a crucial part in our lives, and introduces the central ideas, concepts, and methods of analysis involved in doing cultural studies. The authors of this unique work show how the Walkman is a typical cultural artifact and medium of modern culture, and studies how the key cultural processes are discerned. Examining the Walkman culturally leads to exploration of how it is represented, what social identities are associated with it, how it is produced and consumed, and what mechanisms regulate its distribution and use. This unique book offers students insights not only into the basic approaches of cultural studies, but also into how cultural studies can be used to understand the way culture works in the context of our everyday lives.

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From the Epic of Gilgamesh to the poems of Allen Ginsberg and gay literature of the 1980s and '90s, The Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature draws together hundreds of texts from Western literary history that describe experiences of love, friendship, intimacy, desire, and sex among men. Spanning more than two millennia, from ancient Mesopotamia to the late twentieth century, this anthology brings together the best-known texts of gay male writing such as the poetry of Martial and Walt Whitman, and excerpts from E. M. Forster's Maurice, as well as from lesser known works such as nineteenth-century English homoerotic poetry and selections from two early American novels of homosexual love - Joseph and His Friend and Imre. In The Columbia Anthology readers become acquainted with the early bonds of male companionship found in Homer's writings on Zeus and Ganymede, and with the homoerotic poetry of Catullus and Juvenal. From Shakespeare's Sonnets to the philosophy of de Sade, to the political writings of Edmund White, this anthology traces a multifaceted tradition.

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Drawing from over 150 original interviews with teens, psychologist Ritch Savin Williams separates fact from fiction in this survey of coming out experiences. At end of the MOM, DAD. I'M GAY, readers will find tips on how parents can be helped to negotiate the coming out process and learn to support their child's lesbian, gay, transgendered, or bisexual children and their families and for psychologists and researchers interested in this under researched subject.

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<P><b></b><b><i>The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader</i></b> is the biggest and most comprehensive multi-disciplinary anthology of critical work in lesbian/gay studies.<br> <br> Comprising scholarship, criticism, commentary, and political analysis, lesbian/gay studies is one of the fastest growing fields in contemporary thought. Its influence is changing the shape of every branch of learning in the humanities and social sciences.<br> <br> Bringing together forty-two groundbreaking essays--many of them already classics--this collection 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, <b></b><b><i>The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader</i></b> explores a multitude of sexual, ethnic, racial, and socio-economic experiences. <br> <br> Ranging 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, <b></b><b><i>The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader</i></b> 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 <i>hijras</i> 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.<br> <br> In the tradition of Routledge's <i>Cultural Studies</i> and <i>Unequal Sisters</i>, <b></b><b><i>The</i></b> <b></b><b><i>Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader</i></b> marks a critical moment in the development of the field. It will be essential reading for anyone--gay or straight--interested in the history of sexuality, sexual politics, and gender studies. <br> <br> <b>Contributors:</b> 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.</P>

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<P>National surveys indicate that gay, lesbian and bisexual youth may account for up to 30% of all teen suicides. <b></b><b><i>The Gay Teen</i></b> is the first volume to explore the unique issues facing homosexual adolescents and equip teachers, counsellors and curriculum specialists with the knowledge and skills needed to educate and support gay students.<br> <br> Written by and for gay and straight educators, <b></b><b><i>The Gay Teen</i></b> explores gay student adolescence from discursive, practical and theoretical perspectives. Essays in the first section of the volume are designed to introduce and sensitize educators to the complexities of gay identity and set forth some of the issues besetting gay youth in high schools: alienation from peer groups, low academic achievement, violence, substance abuse, and the absence of gay teacher role models.<br> <br> Many essays in the volume focus on the subject matter and teacher methodology central to the education of gay, lesbian and bisexual high school students. Contributors survey "gay-friendly" curricula in a number of subject areas, including literature, sex education, sports, and social studies. Vital teaching strategies, intervention techniques and staff training recommendations form an interal part of the analyses and are designed to help teachers and counsellors better address the academic and psychological needs of gay students and redress homophobia in the school setting.<br> <br> <b></b><b><i>The Gay Teen</i></b> also showcases the pioneering safe spaces that educators have created for students--gay as well as straight--who are struggling to forge sexual identites during the tough years of adolescence. Model schools, outreach programs, gay youth groups and gay/straight alliances are already in place in a variety of educational settings and serve as useful models for those who are interested in forming similar support associations. Final essays by leading educational theorists--some of them rooted in gay experience--consider gay youth of color, the issues ofidentity politics, resistance, and the "moral panic" over the subject of sexuality.<br> <br> <b>Contributors:</b>Andi O'Connor, Dennis A. Anderson, Kenneth P. Monteiro, Vincent Fuqua, Eric E. Rofes, Jim Brogan, Pat Griffin, Amy L. Reynolds, Michael J. Koski, Arthur Lipkin, Virginia Uribe, Warren J. Blumenfeld, Hugh Singerline, Peter McLaren, Karen Harbeck, Glorianne M. Leck and Jim Sears.</P>

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With "the bracingly rational passion of a writer who can think and feel at the same time" (The Wall Street Journal), Bruce Bawer exposes the heated controversy over gay rights and presents a passionate plea for the recognition of common values, "a place at the table" for everyone.

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As our country struggles to accept its gay and lesbian citizens, the debate for gay civil rights often focuses on the issue of choice, with the majority of Americans believing that to be gay is a choice, one thats embraced for its lifestyle. This belief ignores the presence and experience of one segment of the gay and lesbian population: its youth. In Joining The Tribe, journalist Linnea Due travels America to create a portrait of gay and lesbian teenagers as an endangered and vulnerable community whose diversity, courage, and resiliency will inspire gay and straight readers alike. By vividly documenting the lives of gay and lesbian teenagers, Due shows that homosexuality is not about choice. Its about fights in the schoolyard, whispers in the locker room, cruel classmates, and oblivious or abusive parents. Most gay and lesbian youth endure severe humiliation and isolation for being gay, resulting in depression and low self-esteem for most, and suicide for some. Combining in-depth interviews with social analysis, Due reveals the realities gay and lesbian teenagers face, often without the support of family, peer groups, or adult gay and lesbian networks. With stories from across America, Due meets kids from a range of backgrounds and families, with some in the closet, some out, most somewhere-in-between, all struggling to grow into adulthood. By turns heartbreaking and infuriating, Joining The Tribe shows how against overwhelming odds, gay and lesbian teenagers continue to survive and bounce back, ready to join their brothers and sisters in gay America's fight for freedom and respect.

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An anthology of gay erotica includes tales set in such locations as a drugged-out West Hollywood carnival, muggy Bombay, and an Anglican church, in a volume that includes contributions by such authors as Simon Shepherd, Darieck Scott, and R. Zamora Linmark. Original.

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<P>Gay life has become increasingly open in the last decade. In <i>Beyond the Closet</i> , acclaimed author and social critic Steven Seidman presents a unique and invaluable chronicle of this lifestyle change and to look at the lives of contemporary gays and lesbians to see how their "out" status has been altered. Powered by the raw, honest stories of today's gay men and women and analysis of gays in recent films and in popular culture, Seidman shows how the closet is a twentieth-century historical oddity, one that could only exist in a period that combined a strong sense of gay identity with oppressive antigay discrimination. <br><br>This compelling, well-written and intelligent account is an important step forward for the gay and lesbian community.</P>

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<P><i>Queer by Choice</i> enters the controversial debate of sexual identity by examining choice in gay men and lesbian sexual identity. Drawing on interviews with a sample of 72 people, Whisman analyzes if, and to what extent, choice played a role in determining identity. Contributing factors such as race, class, religion, and educational level are considered. The results of the study are stimulating and often surprising, and contribute to the escalating debates over sexual identity as lesbians and gays continue to soldier for rights and representation.</P>

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Named by Time magazine as one of the "Fifty for the Future"--a list of 50 of America's most promising leaders age 40 and under--Urvashi Vaid now offers an "intelligent, forthright book (that) contends that American homosexuals have achieved only the appearance of acceptance. Valuable . . . and frightening".--The New Yorker

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Discusses gender roles, human sexuality, prejudice, discrimination, lesbian and gay politics, AIDS, gay culture, and the homosexual in literature.

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