Jonathan Goldberg (ed.): Queering the Renaissance

USA 1994, 388 pp., brochure, € 59.95
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Duke University Press
»Queering the Renaissance« offers a major reassessment of the field of Renaissance studies. Gathering essays by sixteen critics working within the perspective of gay and lesbian studies, this collection redraws the map of sexuality and gender studies in the Renaissance. Taken together, these essays move beyond limiting notions of identity politics by locating historically forms of same-sex desire that are ... Weiterlesen

Michael Warner (ed.): Fear of a Queer Planet

Queer Politics and Social Theory. USA 1993, 334 pp., brochure, € 39.95
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University of Minnesota Press
In recent years, lesbians and gay men have developed a new, aggressive style of politics. At the same time, innovative intellectual energies have made queer theory an explosive field of study. In »Fear of a Queer Planet«, Michael Warner draws on emerging new queer politics, and shows how queer activists have come to challenge basic assumptions about the social and ... Weiterlesen

Judith Brown: Immodest Acts

The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy. UK 1986, 214 pp., brochure, € 29.95
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Oxford University Press
The discovery of the fascinating and richly documented story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, Abbess of the Convent of the Mother of God, by Judith C. Brown was an event of major historical importance. Not only is the story revealed in »Immodest Acts« that of the rise and fall of a powerful woman in a church community and a record of ... Weiterlesen

David L. Eng: The Feeling of Kinship

Queer Liberalism and the Racialization of Intimacy, € 41.99
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The author investigates the emergence of »queer liberalism« - the empowerment of certain gays and lesbians in the U.S., economically through an increasingly visible and mass-mediated queer consumer lifestyle, and politically through the legal protection of rights to privacy and intimacy. He argues that in our »colorblind« age the emergence of queer liberalism is a particular incarnation of liberal freedom ... Weiterlesen

Michael Handl, Gudrun Hauer, Kurt Krickler u. a. (: Homosexualität in Österreich

A 1989, 244 S., Broschur, € 27.95
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Selbst schon ein historisches Dokument: Die Aufklärungsschrift der HOSI Wien aus dem Jahr 1989 gibt einen schönen Überblick über die Themen, die auch schon vor Jahrzehnten diskutiert wurden und bis heute nicht erledigt sind.

Martin Duberman: Stonewall

USA 1994, 330 pp., brochure, € 27.95
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On June 28, 1969, the Stonewall, a gay bar in New York's Greenwich Village, was raided. But instead of the routine compliance expected by the police, patrons and a growing crowd decided to fight back. The 5 days of rioting that ensued changed forever the face of gay and lesbian life. Renowned historian and activist Martin Duberman now tells for ... Weiterlesen