Stephen Bates: A Church at War

UK/USA 2004, 248 pp., cloth, € 23.95
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The Angelican Communion is in turmoil. One of the great historic pillars of Christianity, embraced by 70 million people in 164 countries, faces the real and immediate possibility of collapse, as the prospect of schism looms ever closer. Yet why is gay sexuality the explosive issue that could rip the Angelicans apart, and put an end to a century-old international ... Weiterlesen

Jennifer Robertson (ed.): Same-Sex Cultures and Sexualities

USA/UK/AUS 2004, 310 pp., brochure, € 36.99
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This anthropological reader demonstrates the centrality of the complicated relationship of sex, gender, and sexuality to theories of human behaviors and practices. Although heterosexuality has been interrogated and demystified, it retains normative dominance. By drawing on the fresh and illuminating perspectives of anthropology, this collection moves beyond other »lesbian and gay studies« readers by presenting a broader view of the ... Weiterlesen

Evan Gerstmann: Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution

UK/USA 2004, 222 pp., brochure, € 27.99
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Does the Constitution protect the right to same-sex marriage? Much of the writing on this subject has been highly one-sided. This book takes a careful second look at the issue. Not only does it carefully look at the legal debate, but it also asks whether, in a democratic society, the courts should settle this question rather than the voters and ... Weiterlesen

William L. Leap, Tom Boellstorff (eds.): Speaking in Queer Tongues

Globalization and Gay Language. USA 2004, 288 pp., brochure, € 54.95
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Language is a fundamental tool for shaping identity and community, including the expression (or repression) of sexual desire. The author investigates the tensions and adaptations that occur when processes of globalization bring one system of gay or lesbian language into contact with another. Western constructions of gay culture are now circulating widely beyond the boundaries of Western nations due to ... Weiterlesen

Roderick A. Ferguson: Aberrations in Black

Toward a Queer of Color Critique. USA 2004, 175 pp., brochure, € 29.95
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University of Minnesota Press
The sociology of race relations in America typically describes an intersection of poverty, race, and economic discrimination. But what is missing from the picture - sexual difference - can be as instructive as what is present. In this work, the author reveals how the discourses of sexuality are used to articulate theories of racial difference in the field of sociology. ... Weiterlesen

Dana Rosenfeld: The Changing of the Guard

USA 2003, 250 pp., brochure, € 24.20
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One of the first books to link identity, age, and gender, »The Changing of the Guard« offers a significant meditation on the politics of older lesbians and gays. Combining interviews and sustained critical thought, Rosenfeld links the development of lesbian and gay elders' identity with the key moments in the 20th century reinvention of homosexuality. In doing so, she bridges ... Weiterlesen

Gary Lehring: Officially Gay

USA 2003, 229 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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This book follows the century-long attempt of the military to identify and exclude gays and lesbians. The author argues that military policy helped create a modern gay movement and shape the direction taken by that movement. Simultaneously, it made possible greater regulation and scrutiny of gays and lesbians both in and out of the military. The opportunity to defend one's ... Weiterlesen

Martin Manalansan: Global Divas

Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora. USA 2003, 222pp., brochure, € 26.99
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The author offers the first ethnography of the global and transnational dimensions of gay identity as lived by Filipino immigrants in New York City, and describes how Filipino gay immigrants, like many queers of color, are creating alternative paths to queer modernity and citizenship. The author locates diasporic, transnational, and global facets of gay and other queer identities within the ... Weiterlesen

Thomas J. Linneman: Weathering Change

Gays and Lesbians, Christian Conservatives, and Everyday Hostilities. USA 2003, 267 pp., brochure, € 22.99
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This is the tale of two Northwestern cities: Seattle, well known nationally for its liberalism, and Spokane, its conservative counsin to the east. The book characterizes the way these liberal and conservative environments translate into hostility and hospitality for the Christian conservatives, gay men, and lesbians who live within them. Linneman gives a firsthand account of how people from both ... Weiterlesen

Juana M. Rodriguez: Queer Latinidad

USA 2003, 227 pp., brochure, € 44.95
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According to the 2000 census, Latinos/as have become the largest ethnic minority group in the U.S. Images of Latinos and Latinas in mainstream news and in popular culture suggest a Latin explosion at center stage, yet the topic of queer identity in relation to Latino/a America remains underexamined. The author attempts to rectify this dearth of scholarship in »Queer Latinidad«, ... Weiterlesen

David Nimmons: The Soul Beneath the Skin

USA 2003, 255 pp., brochure, € 13.75
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Among the books on the gay male experience, »The Soul Beneath the Skin« explores the wide variety of social and ethical experiments in gay men's lives and their implications both for gay men and society at large. The author radically reinterprets gay men's sexuality, intimate relationships, and ethics by looking at seven patterns of behavior widely practiced by gay men ... Weiterlesen

Wayne R. Besen: Anything But Straight

USA 2003, 311 pp., brochure, € 69.99
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Activist Wayne Besen spent 4 years examining the phenomenon of »ex-gay« ministries and reparative therapies - interviewing leaders, attending conferences, and visiting ministries undercover. The result is an exposé of the controversial movement that's revered by independent religious groups and reviled by gay and lesbian organizations. The book examines »ex-gay« groups such as »Love in Action«, »Exodus International«, »Homosexuals Anonymous«, ... Weiterlesen

Mack Friedman: Strapped for Cash

USA 2003, 287 pp., brochure, € 19.85
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»Strapped for Cash« is a popular history of male and transgender sex work in the U.S. The author explores the evolution of hustler culture over the past 400 years - from food-for-sex exchanges between British sailors and desperate Jamestown colonists to the ravages of the AIDS and crack epidemics and the dawn of a new social conservativism at the beginning ... Weiterlesen

Arnaldo Cruz-Malavé, Martin Manalansan (eds.): Queer Globalizations

USA 2002, 274 pp., brochure, € 26.95
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Globalization has a taste for queer cultures. Whether in advertising, film, performance art, the internet, or in the political discourses of human rights in emerging democracies, queerness sells and the transnational circulation of peoples, identities, and social movements that we call »globalization« is deemed to be liberating to the extent that it incorporates queer lives and cultures. The essays in ... Weiterlesen

David Loftus: Watching Sex

How Men Really Respond to Pornography. USA 2002, 336 pp., brochure, € 16.59
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Dozens of books have been published on pornography, yet almost none feature the voices of men who use it. This book offers a counter-polemic to anti-pornography theory by going straight to the source: the men who actually buy and use pornography. Through interviews with nearly 150 men, we'll learn more about men's first contact with pornography (how it happened and ... Weiterlesen

Susan C. Quinlan, Fernando Arenas (eds.): Lusosex

USA 2002, 317 pp., brochure, € 37.99
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This book focuses on connections between nationhood, sex, and gender in the Portuguese-speaking, world. Through the critical lenses of gay and lesbian studies, queer theory, postcolonial studies, feminist theory, and postmodern theory, the authors consider the work of such influential literary figures as Clarice Lispector and Silviano Santiago. An important aspect of the volume is the publication of a newly ... Weiterlesen

Suzanne Johnson, Elizabeth O'Connor: The Gay Baby Boom

USA 2002, 193 pp., brochure, € 49.95
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Advances in gay rights coupled with increased availability of alternative reproduction techniques have led to an unprecedented number of openly gay and lesbian parents. Yet, very little is known about how gay or lesbian headed families function, or whether they differ in any relevant ways from families headed by straight parents. »The Gay Baby Boom« reports the findings of »The ... Weiterlesen

Byrne Fone: Homophobia: A History

USA 2001, 480 pp., brochure, € 34.95
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Picador
Antipathy, condemnation, loathing, fear and proscription of homosexual behavior have taken many forms over the centuries. In this lucid history, Fone charts the ways in which homophobia has induced legal, medical, social and ecclesiastical authorities to punish - and kill - gay men. Drawing upon accepted classics of gay studies (like Boswell and Greenberg) as well as other books and ... Weiterlesen