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On Sexuality and Power
Alan Sinfield
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Description for On Sexuality and Power
Paperback. It is widely supposed that the most suitable partner will be someone very much like oneself; gay fiction and cinema are often organized around this assumption. Nonetheless, power differentials are remarkably persistent-as well as sexy. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
It is widely supposed that the most suitable partner will be someone very much like oneself; gay fiction and cinema are often organized around this assumption. Nonetheless, power differentials are remarkably persistent-as well as sexy. What are the personal and political implications of this insight? Sinfield argues that hierarchies in interpersonal relations are continuous with the main power differentials of our social and political life (gender, class, age, and race); therefore it is not surprising that they govern our psychic lives. Recent writing enables an exploration of their positive potential, especially in fantasy, as well as their danger. ... Read more
It is widely supposed that the most suitable partner will be someone very much like oneself; gay fiction and cinema are often organized around this assumption. Nonetheless, power differentials are remarkably persistent-as well as sexy. What are the personal and political implications of this insight? Sinfield argues that hierarchies in interpersonal relations are continuous with the main power differentials of our social and political life (gender, class, age, and race); therefore it is not surprising that they govern our psychic lives. Recent writing enables an exploration of their positive potential, especially in fantasy, as well as their danger. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231134095
SKU
V9780231134095
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About Alan Sinfield
Alan Sinfield teaches in the English Department at Sussex University. He is the author of Out on Stage: Lesbian and Gay Theatre in the Twentieth Century and The Wilde Century: Effeminacy, Oscar Wilde, and the Queer Moment, among other books. He lives in Brighton, UK.
Reviews for On Sexuality and Power
This interdisciplinary book makes a valuable contribution to gay studies...Essential. Choice