{"product_id":"a-queer-world-the-center-for-lesbian-and-gay-studies-reader-9780814718759","title":"A Queer World: The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn anthology of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies's most proactive LGBT scholarship\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis compendious, cutting-edge volume offers a broad array of the most provocative gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender scholarship produced by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) over the first decade (1986-1996) of its existence at the CUNY Graduate School.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCLAGS has had a profound and legitimizing influence on the establishment of gay and lesbian studies as a discipline. Thousands have attended its events, featuring hundreds of scholars, activists, and cultural workers; many thousands more have lamented how they would have liked to have been there. With this book, they finally, vicariously, can be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDivided into five parts--on identities as they revolve around gender and sexuality; on the terrains of homosexual history; on mind-body relations; on laws and economics; and on policy issues related to gay youth, AIDS, and aging--\u003cb\u003eA Queer World\u003c\/b\u003e offers a compelling panorama of gay and lesbian life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeatures the work, among others, of such figures as Yukiko Hanawa, Will Roscoe, Jewelle L. Gomez, Jonathan Ned Katz, Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy, Jeffrey Escoffier, Janice M. Irvine, Kendall Thomas, Gilbert Herdt, Vivien Ng, Douglas Crimp, Walt Odets, Serena Nanda, Cindy Patton, Michael Moon, William Byne, and Randolph Trumback, \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Queer World\u003c\/b\u003e is distinctive in its focus on the social sciences and issues relating to public policy. Consisting largely of previously unpublished essays, this volume--and its companion volume \u003ci\u003eQueer Representations: Reading Lives, Reading Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e--is an invaluable addition to the bookshelf of anyone interested in the study of sexuality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Duberman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.92h x 6.99w x 1.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814718759\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDuberman, Martin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMartin Duberman\u003c\/b\u003e, Distinguished Professor of History at Lehman and the Graduate School of the City University of New York, is the founding director of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies. He is the author of seventeen books, including \u003ci\u003eBlack Mountain, Paul Robeson, In White America, Cures, Stonewall, Midlife Queer\u003c\/i\u003e and Queer Representations. As both historian and playwright, he has received numerous awards, including the Bancroft Prize, two Lambda awards, the George Freedly Memorial Award, and a Special Citation from the National Academy of Arts and letters for his \"contributions to literature.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40183692591219,"sku":"0814718752","price":66.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_e15a4eb9-7e4a-4270-b3b4-d8cc09a215f4.jpg?v=1655557811","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/a-queer-world-the-center-for-lesbian-and-gay-studies-reader-9780814718759","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}