Straights : : Heterosexuality in Post-Closeted Culture / / James Joseph Dean.

Sincethe Stonewall Riots in 1969, the politics of sexual identity in America havedrastically transformed. It’s almost old news that recent generations ofAmericans have grown up in a culture more accepting of out lesbians and gaymen, seen the proliferation of LGBTQ media representation, and witnessed...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2014]
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Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Thinking straight: gender, race, and (anti)homophobias
  • 2. From “normal” to heterosexual: the historical making of heterosexualities
  • 3. Straight men: renegotiating hegemonic masculinity and its homophobic bargain
  • 4. Straight women: doing and undoing compulsory heterosexuality
  • 5. Queering heterosexualities?: metrosexuals and sexually fluid straight women
  • 6. Conclusion: straights, post-closeted culture, and the continuum of identity practices
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the author