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| Named Person: | F O Matthiessen |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Henry Abelove |
| ISBN: | 0816638268 9780816638260 |
| OCLC Number: | 52001854 |
| Description: | xviii, 104 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction : deep gossip -- Freud, male homosexuality, and the Americans -- Some speculations on the history of sexual intercourse during the long eighteenth century in England -- From Thoreau to queer politics -- The queering of lesbian/gay history -- American studies, queer studies -- New York City gay liberation and the queer commuters. |
| Responsibility: | Henry Abelove. |
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Abstract:
"Henry Abelove addresses the willful misreading of Freud's views on homosexuality among American psychoanalysts; reconsiders sexual practice during England's long eighteenth century; assesses the contemporary relevance of Thoreau's Walden, particularly to queer politics; and traces the emergence of a distinctly queer critique of previous approaches to lesbian and gay history. In the first of the new essays, Abelove uncovers the origins and founding assumptions of American studies as a scholarly discipline; the second evaluates the impact of literature - specifically the same-sex eroticism found in works by such writers as James Baldwin, Elizabeth Bishop, Paul Bowles, and Ned Rorem - on the gay liberation movement of the 1970s."--BOOK JACKET.
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Related Subjects:(8)
- Homosexuality -- United States -- History.
- Homosexuality and literature -- United States -- History.
- Matthiessen, F. O. -- (Francis Otto), -- 1902-1950.
- Sex customs -- England -- History -- 18th century.
- American literature -- History and criticism.
- Homosexuality in literature.
- Gay and lesbian studies.
- Queer theory.
