An autobiography of cultural anthropologist Esther Newton, a pioneer in gay and lesbian studies. Chronicling the development of her ideas from the excitement of early feminism in the 1960s to friendly critiques of queer theory in the 1990s, it is suitable for those interested in the birth and growth of gay and lesbian studies.
An autobiography of cultural anthropologist Esther Newton, a pioneer in gay and lesbian studies. Chronicling the development of her ideas from the excitement of early feminism in the 1960s to friendly critiques of queer theory in the 1990s, it is suitable for those interested in the birth and growth of gay and lesbian studies.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Esther Newton is Professor of Anthropology and Kempner Distinguished Professor at State University of New York at Purchase. She is the author of several books, including Mother Camp, a groundbreaking study of American drag queens, and Cherry Grove, Fire Island: Sixty Years in America’s First Gay and Lesbian Town. Among other distinctions, she was Scholarly Advisor for the documentary film Paris Is Burning, a founding member of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center, and member of the Advisory Group for Stonewall History Project.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword: The Butch Anthropologist Out in the Field / Judith Halberstam ix Foreword: On Being Different: An Appreciation / William L. Leap xix Acknowledgments xxiii Introduction 1 Part I: Drag and Camp From the Appendix to Mother Camp, Field Methods (1972) 11 Role Models (1972) 14 Preface to the Phoenix Edition of Mother Camp (1979) 30 Theater: Gay Anti-Church—More Notes on Camp (1992/1999) 34 Dick(less) Tracy and the Homecoming Queen: Lesbian Power and Representation in Gay Male Cherry Grove (1996) 63 Part II: Lesbian-Feminism High School Crack-up (1973) 93 Marginal Woman/Marginal Academic (1973) 103 The Personal is Political: Consciousness Raising and Personal Change in the Women's Liberation Movement (Shirley Walton, 1971) 113 Excerpt from Womanfriends (with Shirley Walton, 1976) 142 Will the Real Lesbian Community Please Stand Up? (1982/1998) 155 Part III: Butch The Misunderstanding: Toward a More Precise Sexual Vocabulary (with Shirley Walton, 1984) 167 The Mythic Mannish Lesbian: Radclyffe Hall and the New Woman(1984) 176 Beyond Freud, Ken, and Barbie (1986) 189 My Butch Career: A Memoir (1996) 195 Part IV: Queer Anthropology DMS: The Outsider's Insider (1995) 215 Too Queer for College: Notes on Homophobia (1987) 219 An Open Letter to "Manda Cesara" (1980) 225 Of Yams, Grinders, and Gays: The Anthropology of Homosexuality (1988) 229 Lesbian and Gay Issues in Anthropology: Some Remarks to the Chairs of Anthropology Departments (1993) 238 My Best Informant’s Dress: The Erotic Equation in Fieldwork (1992) 243 Notes 259 Bibliography 293 Index 311
Foreword: The Butch Anthropologist Out in the Field / Judith Halberstam ix Foreword: On Being Different: An Appreciation / William L. Leap xix Acknowledgments xxiii Introduction 1 Part I: Drag and Camp From the Appendix to Mother Camp, Field Methods (1972) 11 Role Models (1972) 14 Preface to the Phoenix Edition of Mother Camp (1979) 30 Theater: Gay Anti-Church—More Notes on Camp (1992/1999) 34 Dick(less) Tracy and the Homecoming Queen: Lesbian Power and Representation in Gay Male Cherry Grove (1996) 63 Part II: Lesbian-Feminism High School Crack-up (1973) 93 Marginal Woman/Marginal Academic (1973) 103 The Personal is Political: Consciousness Raising and Personal Change in the Women's Liberation Movement (Shirley Walton, 1971) 113 Excerpt from Womanfriends (with Shirley Walton, 1976) 142 Will the Real Lesbian Community Please Stand Up? (1982/1998) 155 Part III: Butch The Misunderstanding: Toward a More Precise Sexual Vocabulary (with Shirley Walton, 1984) 167 The Mythic Mannish Lesbian: Radclyffe Hall and the New Woman(1984) 176 Beyond Freud, Ken, and Barbie (1986) 189 My Butch Career: A Memoir (1996) 195 Part IV: Queer Anthropology DMS: The Outsider's Insider (1995) 215 Too Queer for College: Notes on Homophobia (1987) 219 An Open Letter to "Manda Cesara" (1980) 225 Of Yams, Grinders, and Gays: The Anthropology of Homosexuality (1988) 229 Lesbian and Gay Issues in Anthropology: Some Remarks to the Chairs of Anthropology Departments (1993) 238 My Best Informant’s Dress: The Erotic Equation in Fieldwork (1992) 243 Notes 259 Bibliography 293 Index 311
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