Lesbian and Gay Studies - by Theo Sandfort & Judith Schuyf & Jan Willem Duyvendak (Paperback)

About the Book

This timely book seeks to demonstrate the coherence of lesbian and gay studies. It introduces the reader to the principal inter-disciplinary approaches in the field and critically assesses their strengths and weaknesses whilst asking: What is lesbian and gay studies? When did it emerge? And what are its achievements and research agenda?

The gay and lesbian movement has emerged as a major political and cultural force. It poses a series of far reaching questions about the organization of identity, the operation of power and the limits of tolerance. Lesbian and Gay Studies has emerged as a vital and enriching field. It offers challenges to more traditional disciplines and requires new forms of thought about the connections between acad

Book Synopsis

This timely book seeks to demonstrate the coherence of lesbian and gay studies. It introduces the reader to the principal inter-disciplinary approaches in the field and critically assesses their strengths and weaknesses whilst asking: What is lesbian and gay studies? When did it emerge? And what are its achievements and research agenda?

The gay and lesbian movement has emerged as a major political and cultural force. It poses a series of far reaching questions about the organization of identity, the operation of power and the limits of tolerance. Lesbian and Gay Studies has emerged as a vital and enriching field. It offers challenges to more traditional disciplines and requires new forms of thought about the connections between acad

Review Quotes

`The collection attempts to summarise research and theory on lesbian and gay isseus in these diverse disciplines and to give the reader a better idea of the scope and possibilities for growth in lesbian and gay studies. To achieve this, each author has written a chapter on lesbian and gay studies from their own disciplinary perspective. This has produced an eclectic mix of papers with a Eurocentric focus...most of the chapters are useful in that they give the reader a sense of how lesbian and gay-related research has been carried out historically within different fields and what the current "state of play" is in each area. The majority of chapters have comprehensive bibliographies and therefore make good "jumping-off points" for interested readers' - Lesbian and Gay Psychology Review

About the Author

CONTRIBUTORS′ AFFILIATIONS:

Jon Binnie Liverpool John Moores University

Liana Borghi University of Florence

Hansje Galesloot Independent Reporter, Amsterdam

Gert Hekma University of Amsterdam

renée c. hoogland University of Nijmegen

Andre Krouwel Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

Mary McIntosh University of London

Rommel Mendès-Leite Collège de France, Paris

Leslie J Moran Lancaster University

Ken Plummer University of Essex

Marco Pustianaz Universita da Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli

Gill Valentine University of Sheffield

Onno de Zwart Municipal Health Service, Rotterdam