Against Nature [Texte imprimé] : Essays on history, sexuality and identity / Jeffrey, Weeks
Language: anglais.Country: Grande-Bretagne, États-Unis.Publication: Londres, 144 Hemingford Road, London N1 1DE : Rivers Oram Press, 1991, Grande-Bretagne : T. J. PressISBN: 1854890042.Abstract: These influential essays on history, sexuality and identity record a particular personal, intellectual and political journey which will find echoes in a range of contexts and disciplines. Sexual identities, Jeffrey Weeks argues, are both historically invented and essential in day-to-day life. The are constructed in a traceable history, but are the crucial means through which we negotiate the hazards of contemporary lives. They are necessary fictions. The essays explore a number of interrelated themes: the making of homosexual identities; the personal and cultural impact of the AIDS crisis; and the politics and values of the period we increasingly think of as 'post-modern'..Subject: Grande-Bretagne | dissidence sexuelle | sexualité | VIH/SIDA | identités sexuelles | histoire| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Livre | Le Brrrazero Salle de lecture | Q003 WEE (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Consultable sur place | 100000000822 |
These influential essays on history, sexuality and identity record a particular personal, intellectual and political journey which will find echoes in a range of contexts and disciplines.
Sexual identities, Jeffrey Weeks argues, are both historically invented and essential in day-to-day life. The are constructed in a traceable history, but are the crucial means through which we negotiate the hazards of contemporary lives. They are necessary fictions.
The essays explore a number of interrelated themes: the making of homosexual identities; the personal and cultural impact of the AIDS crisis; and the politics and values of the period we increasingly think of as 'post-modern'.
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