Between men

English literature and male homosocial desire

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Between men

English literature and male homosocial desire

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Hailed by the "New York Times" as "one of the most influential texts in gender studies, men's studies and gay studies," this book uncovers the homosocial desire between men, from Restoration comedies to Tennyson's "Princess."

At the time of its first appearance in 1985 Between Men was viewed as an important intervention into Feminist as well as Gay and Lesbian studies. It was an important book because it argued that "sexuality" and "desire" were not a historical phenomenon but carefully managed social constructs. This insight (that actually originated with Michael Foucault) is often viewed as anti-humanist or post-humanist because it argues that men and women are simply the products of patriarchal power relations over which they have no control. By mobilizing Foucault's theories of the history of sexuality Sedgwick re-fashions Feminism and Gay and Lesbian Studies to make it seem as though Feminism and Gay and Lesbian studies are ideally situated to continue those interventions into the history of sexuality begun by Foucault.

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English
Pages
244

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Between men: English literature and male homosocial desire
2016, Columbia University Press
in English - Thirthieth anniversary edition.
Cover of: Between Men
Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire
2015, Columbia University Press
in English
Cover of: Between men
Between men: English literature and male homosocial desire
1993, Columbia University Press
in English
Cover of: Between men
Between men: English literature and male homosocial desire
1992, Columbia University Press
in English
Cover of: Between Men
Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosexual Desire (Gender & Culture)
December 12, 1986, Columbia University Press
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Cover of: Between men
Between men: English literature and male homosocial desire
1985, Columbia University Press
in English
Cover of: Between Men
Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire
1985, Columbia University Press
in English
Cover of: Between Men
Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire
1985, Columbia University Press
in English

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New York

Edition Notes

Bibliography: p.229-239. - Includes index.

Series
Gender and culture

Classifications

Library of Congress
PR409.M38 S4 1985, PR151.M46 S44 1985, PR409.M38 S4 1992

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 244 p. ;
Number of pages
244

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL15486457M
Internet Archive
betweenmenenglis0000sedg
ISBN 10
0231082738
LCCN
84017583
OCLC/WorldCat
11089512, 310625064
Library Thing
233672
Goodreads
427379

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