Susan Sontag: At the Same Time

USA 2008, 256 pp., pb., € 22.95
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Penguin UK
Sontag's incisive intelligence, expressive brilliance, and deep curiosity about art, politics, and the writer's responsibility to bear witness have secured her place as one of the most important thinkers and writers of the twentieth century. »At the Same Time« gathers sixteen essays and speeches written in the last years of Sontag's life, when her work was being honored on the ... Weiterlesen

Audre Lorde: Sister Outsider

Foreword by Cheryl Clarke. USA 2007 (1984), 190 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Crossing Press
Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, »Sister Outsider« celebrates an influential voice in 20th-century literature. In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and class, and propounds social difference as a vehicle for action and change. Her prose is incisive, unflinching, and lyrical, reflecting struggle ... Weiterlesen

Sheila Whiteley, Jennifer Rycenga (eds.): Queering the Popular Pitch

USA/UK 2006, 308 pp., brochure, € 36.95
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Taylor and Francis
This new collection of 18 essays by international scholars explores the queer iconography implicit in a variety of art forms, including film musicals, videos, cabaret, Latin House, poetry and, in some cases, cultural personae. The authors delve into issues concerning race and ethnicity, forgotten histories, the body in music, and the use of popular music in power politics - situating ... Weiterlesen

Jack Halberstam: In a Queer Time & Place

USA 2005, 213 pp., brochure, € 44.95
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In her first book since the critically acclaimed »Female Masculinity«, Judith Halberstam examines the significance of the transgender body in a provocative collection of essays on queer time and space. She presents a series of case studies focused on the meanings of masculinity in its dominant and alternative forms - especially female and trans-masculinities as they exist within subcultures, and ... Weiterlesen

Kate Clinton: What the L?

USA 2005, 264 pp., brochure, € 14.79
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This essay collection chronicles what happened to lots of Ls: lesbians, liberals, leftists, lawyers, Ellen, lifestylists, leaders, lords, liars, lapsed catholics, lovers and losers in the reign of W II. These essays are written from the perspective of, to paraphrase a certain former governor of New Jersey, a Lesbian American. Kate Clinton is a very popular lesbian comic living under ... Weiterlesen