Author: | David M. Halperin | ISBN: | 9780674070868 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | August 21, 2012 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
Author: | David M. Halperin |
ISBN: | 9780674070868 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
Publication: | August 21, 2012 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
Language: | English |
A pioneer of LGBTQ studies dares to suggest that gayness is a way of being that gay men must learn from one another to become who they are. The genius of gay culture resides in some of its most despised stereotypes—aestheticism, snobbery, melodrama, glamour, caricatures of women, and obsession with mothers—and in the social meaning of style.
A pioneer of LGBTQ studies dares to suggest that gayness is a way of being that gay men must learn from one another to become who they are. The genius of gay culture resides in some of its most despised stereotypes—aestheticism, snobbery, melodrama, glamour, caricatures of women, and obsession with mothers—and in the social meaning of style.