Format:
1 online resource (283 pages)
ISBN:
9789401201902
Series Statement:
At the Interface/Probing the Boundaries, 26 v.v. 26
Content:
Genealogies of Identity examines issues of sex and sexuality across a range of critical and cultural perspectives. The volume considers historically specific discourses of sex and sexuality, their effect within public contexts such as the church and the workplace, and the link of those discourses to understandings of individual identity, citizenship, nation, and human rights. As well, the volume analyses representations of sexuality and desire in art, literature, theatre, and theory - representations that serve both to codify and to subvert social norms and aesthetic and theoretical traditions. Finally and more broadly, the volume attests to the critical importance of inter- and multidisciplinary approaches to understanding constructions of gender, sex, and sexuality. Genealogies of Identity consists of fifteen essays, versions of which were presented at the First Global Conference on Critical Issues in Sexuality, held in Salzburg, Austria, in October 2004.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- PART I: History, Sex, and Nation -- Kertbeny's "Homosexuality" and the Language of Nationalism -- Prostitution, Sexuality, and Gender Roles in Imperial Germany: Hamburg, A Case Study -- Cultural Clash on Prostitution: Debates on Prostitution in Germany and Sweden in the 1990s -- Staying Bush" - The Influence of Place and Isolation in the Decision by Gay Men to Live in Rural Areas in Australia -- PART II: Literature: Re-writing Desire -- Whoring, Incest, Duplicity, or the "Self-Polluting" Erotics of Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders -- Catastrophic Sexualities in Howard Barker's Theatre of Transgression -- Un-sacred Cows and Protean Beings: Suniti Namjoshi's Re-writing of Postcolonial Lesbian Bodies -- Desire-less-ness -- PART III: Bodies: Representations of Gender Identities -- Underneath the Clothes - Transvestites without Vests: A Consideration in Art -- Of Swords and Rings: Genital Representation as Defining Sexual Identity and Sexual Liberation in Some Old French Fabliaux and Lais -- Only with You - Maybe - If You Make Me Happy: A Genealogy of Serial Monogamy as Governance Self-Governance -- PART IV: Legality, Bureaucracy, Religion, and Sexuality -- A Project for Sexual Rights: Sexuality, Power, and Human Rights -- International Law, Children's Rights, and Queer Youth -- Acting Like a Professional: Identity Dilemmas for Gay Men -- How Big is Your God? Queer Christian Social Movements -- Notes on Contributors.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789042017580
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789042017580
Language:
English
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