The Legacies of Matthew Shepard (eBook, ePUB)

Twenty Years Later
Redaktion: Sikk, Helis; Meyer, Leisa

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This edited collection brings together the different genres of writing and response that Matthew Shepard's murder inspired. To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Shepard's death, the contributing authors explore the aftermath of the murder in our current moment: the Trump-era United States.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429620522
• Artikelnr.: 54923106

Autorenporträt

Helis Sikk is a Postdoctoral Fellow at DePauw University, USA. Her research takes a multidisciplinary approach to the relationships between queerness, affect, the built environment, communities, media and visual cultures. She is currently working on her monograph, which traces the affective genealogy of anti-LGBTQ violence since the 1960s. Leisa Meyer is Community Studies Professor of AMST, History, and GSWS and the Director of the AMST Program at William and Mary, USA. Her research has engaged military history, gender/women's history, LGBTQ history/studies, and the history of sexuality. She is the author of Creating G.I. Jane: Sexuality and Power in the Women's Army Corps and the co-editor (with Matt Richardson) of Transgender Studies and Race, Feminist Studies, Volume 37, No. 2 (Summer 2011).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Where It All Started Chapter 1: Go Back
Young Man
Go Back: Peeling Away the Layers of Wyoming Culture
Down To the Earth Chapter 2: The Matt Stuff Part II: Beyond Wyoming Chapter 3: Matthew Shepard 20 Years Later: Social
Political
and Hate Crimes' Impact in Rural America Chapter 4: Metronormativity as Legacy: Matthew Shepard
Gay Rights
and Rural Place Chapter 5: Affective Aesthetics of Violence: A Legacy of Matthew Shepard Part III: Back to the Beginning Chapter 6: Whiteboard Chapter 7: Laramie Inside out: Reflections 20 Years Later
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