Feeling Backward
Loss and the Politics of Queer History
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Gay & Lesbian, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Gay Studies
| Author: | Heather Love | ISBN: | 9780674736412 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | March 31, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Heather Love |
| ISBN: | 9780674736412 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | March 31, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Feeling Backward weighs the costs of the contemporary move to the mainstream in lesbian and gay culture. While the widening tolerance for same-sex marriage and for gay-themed media brings clear benefits, gay assimilation entails other losses--losses that have been hard to identify or mourn, since many aspects of historical gay culture are so closely associated with the pain and shame of the closet.
Feeling Backward weighs the costs of the contemporary move to the mainstream in lesbian and gay culture. While the widening tolerance for same-sex marriage and for gay-themed media brings clear benefits, gay assimilation entails other losses--losses that have been hard to identify or mourn, since many aspects of historical gay culture are so closely associated with the pain and shame of the closet.
