Homos / / Leo Bersani.
Acclaimed for his intricate, incisive, and often controversial explorations of art, literature, and society, Leo Bersani now addresses homosexuality in America. Hardly a day goes by without the media focusing an often sympathetic beam on gay life-and, with AIDS, on gay death. Gay plays on Broadway,...
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