Queer Fictions of the Past - History, Culture, and Difference

Informationen zum Autor fm.author_biographical_note1 Klappentext In Queer Fictions of the Past, Scott Bravmann explores the complexity of lesbian and gay engagement with history and considers how historical discourses animate the present. Characterising historical representations as dynamic conversations between then and now, he demonstrates their powerful role in constructing present identities, differences, politics, and communities. In particular, his is the first book to explore the ways in which lesbians and gay men have used history to define themselves as social, cultural, and political subjects. Zusammenfassung This is the first book to explore how lesbians and gay men use history to define themselves as social! cultural! and political subjects. Analyses of historiography! ancient Greece! Stonewall! and postmodern historical texts show how historical representations inform and reflect queer subjectivity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Queer Cultural Studies of History: 1. Metanarrative and gay identity; 2. Queer historical subjects; Part II. Reading Past Histories: 3. Re: reading queer history; 4. The lesbian and gay past: it's Greek to whom?; 5. Queer fictions of Stonewall; 6. Re/writing queer histories; Part III. Conclusions: 7. Queer fictions for the future.

Product details

• Authors: Scott Bravmann, Bravmann Scott
• Assisted by: Jeffrey C. Alexander (Editor), Steven Seidman (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.10.1997
• EAN: 9780521599078
• ISBN: 978-0-521-59907-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Cambridge Cultural Social Stud; Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Gay & Lesbian studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics