Out in Public
| Autor: | Ellen Lewin, William L. Leap |
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| EAN: | 9781444310672 |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | eBook |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 30.03.2009 |
| Untertitel: | Reinventing Lesbian / Gay Anthropology in a Globalizing World |
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| Schlagworte: | ethnography gender globalization human rights lesbian & gay studies public anthropology queer sexuality |
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- Affirms the importance of recognizing gay and lesbian social issues within the arena of public anthropology
- Explores critical concerns of gay activism in a variety of global settings, from the U.S., the European Union, Singapore, Nigeria, India, Nicaragua, and Guadalajara
- Offers a unique focus on the politics of being gay and lesbian - in cross-cultural perspective
- Deals with broad-ranging issues that affect human sexuality and human rights globally
- Winner of the 2009 Ruth Benedict Prize in the category of 'Best Anthology'
Ellen Lewin is Professor of Women's Studies and Anthropology at the University of Iowa. She is the author of Lesbian Mothers: Accounts of Gender in American Culture (Cornell University Press, 1993) and Recognizing Ourselves: Lesbian and Gay Ceremonies of Commitment (Columbia University Press, 1998), and the editor of Inventing Lesbian Cultures in America (Beacon Press, 1996) and of Feminist Anthropology: A Reader (Blackwell, 2006). With William L. Leap, she has co-edited two volumes of essays on lesbian and gay anthropology, Out in the Field: Reflections of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists (University of Illinois Press, 1996) and Out in Theory: The Emergence of Lesbian and Gay Anthropology (University of Illinois Press, 2002).
William Leap is Professor of Anthropology at American University. He is the author of Word's Out: Gay Men's English (University of Minnesota Press, 1996), and editor of Public Sex, Gay Space (Columbia University Press, 1999) and co-editor of Speaking in Queer Tongues: Globalization and Gay Language (University of Illinois Press, 2004). With Ellen Lewin, he has co-edited Out in the Field and Out in Theory.
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