Lou Sullivan Diaries (1970-1980) and Theories of Sexual Embodiment - Making Sense of Sensing

This book highlights the intersection between theory and lived experience, academic description and the personal narrative of Lou Sullivan. Sullivan puzzled in his diaries over the conundrum of his desire to transition from female to male in order to be a gay man. The reader will follow Sullivan as he struggles with his feelings of maleness, in his troubled relationship with his lover, Tom, through his many sexual escapades, and finally, as he begins taking hormones. Alongside the diaries is an engagement with body and gender theories, accessible to the introductory reader, yet also taking up current debates especially in transgender studies.

List of contents

Acknowledgments.- Introduction.- Chapter 1 Lou Sullivan Diaries: 1970-1973.- Chapter 2 Theoretical Introduction to Discourse and the Body: Foucault, Butler, Queer Theory, and Transgender Studies.- Chapter 3 Lou Sullivan Diaries: 1974-1975.- Chapter 4 Discourses Available to Sullivan: The Kinsey Reports and The Transsexual Phenomenon.- Chapter 5 Lou Sullivan Diaries: 1976-1980.- Chapter 6 A Phenomenology of Embodiment.- Conclusion, by Lou Sullivan.- Appendix.- San Francisco Chronicle articles about Steve Dain.

Summary

This book highlights the intersection between theory and lived experience, academic description and the personal narrative of Lou Sullivan. Sullivan puzzled in his diaries over the conundrum of his desire to transition from female to male in order to be a gay man. The reader will follow Sullivan as he struggles with his feelings of maleness, in his troubled relationship with his lover, Tom, through his many sexual escapades, and finally, as he begins taking hormones. Alongside the diaries is an engagement with body and gender theories, accessible to the introductory reader, yet also taking up current debates especially in transgender studies. 

Product details

• Authors: Lanei M Rodemeyer, Lanei M. Rodemeyer
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2017
• EAN: 9783319630335
• ISBN: 978-3-31-963033-5
• No. of pages: 237
• Dimensions: 176 mm x 242 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 502 g
• Illustrations: XXII, 237 p. 17 illus.
• Series: Crossroads of Knowledge; Crossroads of Knowledge
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; B, Kulturwissenschaften, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Phenomenology, Queer Theory, Queer Studies, Social & cultural history, Museums- und Denkmalkunde, Social Sciences, Cultural Heritage, Gender identity, Gay & Lesbian studies, Sex (Psychology), Psychology of Gender and Sexuality, Psychology of gender, Gender and Sexuality, Gender expression, Phenomenology & Existentialism