American Queer, Now and Then

by David Shneer, Caryn Aviv

Overview

queer [adj]: 1 differing from what is usual or ordinary; odd; singular; strange 2 slightly ill; 3 mentally unbalanced 4 counterfeit; not genuine 5 homosexual: in general usage, still chiefly a slang term of contempt or derision, but lately used by some as a descriptive term without negative connotations --Webster's Dictionary queer [adj]: used to describe a 1 body of theory 2 field of critical inquiry 3 way of proudly identifying a group of people 4 way of seeing the world 5 sense of difference from the norm -- David Shneer and Caryn Aviv, Queer in America, Now and Then Contrasting queer life today and in years past, this landmark book brings together autobiographies, poetry, film studies, maps, documents, laws, and other texts to explore the meaning and practice of the word queer. By this Shneer and Aviv mean: queer as both a form of social violence and a call to political activism; queer as played by Robin Williams and Sharon Stone and as lived by Matthew Shepard and Brandon Teena; queer in the courthouses of Washington D.C. and on the streets of hometown America. Contextualizing these contemporary stories with ones from the past, and understanding them through the analytic tools of feminist social criticism and history, the authors show what it means to be queer in America.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317263814
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/03/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

David Shneer, Caryn Aviv

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Bulldykes, Faggots, and Fairies, Oh My!; The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action (1978), Audre Lorde; Classifications of Homosexuality (1916); Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948), Alfred C. Kinsey, Wardell B. Pomeroy, Clyde E. Martin; Gay New York (1994), George Chauncey; Chapter 2 Are We Free to Be You and Me?; Sex Variants (1941), George Henry; Sexual Deviations (1968, 1980); Introduction to Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits (1996), Loren Cameron; My Gender Workbook (1998), Kate Bornstein; Chapter 3 Out and About; Homosexual Complexion Perverts in St. Louis: Note on a Feature of Psychopathy (1907); “I Could Hardly Wait to Get Back to That Bar”: Lesbian Bar Culture in the 1930s and 1940s (1993), Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy, Madeline Davis; Renegotiating the Social/Sexual Identities of Places, Wayne Myslik; At the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival (2003), Bonnie J. Morris; One of the Children: Gay Black Men in Harlem (1996), William G. Hawkeswood, Alex W. Costley; Chapter 4 The Birds and the … Birds; Smoke, Lilies, and Jade (1926), Richard Bruce Nugent; Opening Pandora’s Box (2004), Christi Cassidy; Mike Goes to the Baths (1984), Michael Callen; Paradigms Old and New (1998), Dossie Easton, Catherine A. Liszt; It’s a White Man’s World (2005), Dwight A. McBride; Chapter 5 Where Are Our White Picket Fences?; Younger Brother Dynamics (2000), Dan Savage; Take My Domestic Partner, Please: Gays and Marriage in the Era of the Visible (2001), Suzanna Danuta Walters; Queer Families Quack Back (2002), Judith Stacey, Elizabeth Davenport; Weddings/Celebrations (2002), Daniel Gross, Steven Goldstein; Ruling in Goodridge v. Massachusetts DePartment of Health (2003), Margaret Marshall; Chapter 6 To See and Be Seen; Why Did I Write The Well of Loneliness? (1934), Radclyffe Hall; Angels in America (1992), Tony Kushner; Prologue to All the Rage: The Story of Gay Visibility in America (2003), Suzanna Danuta Walters; Chapter 7 Sticks and Stones; Stone Butch Blues (1993), Leslie Feinberg; The Laramie Project (2001), Moisés Kaufman; Social Movement Growth, Domain Expansion, and Framing Processes: The Gay/Lesbian Movement and Violence against Gays and Lesbians as a Social Problem (1995), Valerie Jenness; National School Climate Survey, Key Findings (2003), Gay Lesbian; Ruling in Lawrence v. Texas (2003), Justice Anthony Kennedy; Chapter 8 I Am That Name; The Society for Human Rights (1925), Henry Gerber; The Stone Wall (1930), Mary Casal; Statement of Missions and Purposes (1951); The Ladder (1956); The Woman Identified Woman (1971); Introduction to Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology (1983), Barbara Smith; No More Business as Usual (1987); Mission Statement (1986); Mission Statement (1993); Mission Statement (1995); Mission Statement (1990); Mission Statement (2004); Chapter 9; Conclusion Must Identity Movements Self-Destruct? A Queer Dilemma (1995), Josh Gamson Heeding Isaiah’s Call (2002), David Shneer, Caryn Aviv;