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Masculine InterestsMasculine Interests
Best Price: $5.26
Until Masculine Interests not much had been written about men "as men" in the...
Queer Theory and the Jewish Question (Between Men~Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies)Queer Theory and the Jewish Question (Between Men~Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies)
Best Price: $23.00
The essays in this volume boldly map the historically resonant intersections between Jewishness...
Manly StatesManly States
Best Price: $28.00
Much has been written on how masculinity shapes international relations, but little feminist...
Gay Science: The Ethics of Sexual Orientation ResearchGay Science: The Ethics of Sexual Orientation ResearchThe Political Integration of Women: Roles, Socialization, and Politics (Illini Book)The Political Integration of Women: Roles, Socialization, and Politics (Illini Book)
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The Myth of Manliness in Irish National Culture, 1880-1922The Myth of Manliness in Irish National Culture, 1880-1922
Best Price: $46.00
This study aims to supply the first contextually precise account of the male gender anxieties...
The OTHER FIFTIES: INTERROGATING MIDCENTURY AMERICAN ICONSThe OTHER FIFTIES: INTERROGATING MIDCENTURY AMERICAN ICONS
Best Price: $10.72
THE OTHER FIFTIES challenges the nostalgic notion that the decade was populated by placid...
Plots and Proposals: American Women's Fiction, 1850-90Plots and Proposals: American Women's Fiction, 1850-90
Best Price: $8.99
'Boy meets girl. Boy proposes to girl. Girl refuses proposal. Then what? This provocative...
Flora Tristan, Utopian Feminist: Her Travel Diaries and Personal CrusadeFlora Tristan, Utopian Feminist: Her Travel Diaries and Personal Crusade
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"The entries not only illuminate the career of a remarkable woman, but yield insights into...
Tim and PeteTim and Pete
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What a book! The author has packed in one of the most eventful days one could ever imagine, and...


The Penguin Book of Gay Short StoriesThe Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories
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The anthology is an excellent book. The stories were not written exclusively by gay authors, and...
A Boy Named Phyllis: A Suburban MemoirA Boy Named Phyllis: A Suburban Memoir
Best Price: $72.80
Several times when reading this book of reminiscences by a man who escaped uniform suburbia to...
Fag HagFag Hag
"Fag Hag" starts as a comedy and then slowly gets darker and darker - an innocent...
LandingLanding
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I just finished reading my sixth book by Emma Donoghue. I was just about to say sixth...
Rose of No Man's LandRose of No Man's Land
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Tea is spot-on at getting inside the head and life of fourteen-year-old Trisha, aimless,...

My Father & Myself OBE/R (A Harvest book ; HB 314)My Father & Myself OBE/R (A Harvest book ; HB 314)
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This is a beautifully written autobiography of a man breaking new literary ground. He openly...
Belchamber (Twentieth-Century Classics)Belchamber (Twentieth-Century Classics)
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Belchamber
The Majority Finds Its Past: Placing Women in History (Galaxy Books)The Majority Finds Its Past: Placing Women in History (Galaxy Books)
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This book was required reading for my first Women Studies course in college on the history of...
Gay, Straight, and In-Between: The Sexology of Erotic OrientationGay, Straight, and In-Between: The Sexology of Erotic Orientation
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John Money is a joke. No REAL dr./scientist would make up ficticious results in case studies!...
Straight News: Gays, Lesbians, and the News MediaStraight News: Gays, Lesbians, and the News Media
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This is a superb book and an indispensable contribution to gay history. Everyone concerned...

De Los Otros: Intimacy and Homosexuality among Mexican MenDe Los Otros: Intimacy and Homosexuality among Mexican Men
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Dr. Carrier pioneered long-term fieldwork among a subculture of males who have sex with males....
An  Evening at the Garden of Allah. A Gay CabaretAn Evening at the Garden of Allah. A Gay Cabaret
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What an amazing find this book was! The authors artfully unveil the little-known world of drag...
Creating G. I. JaneCreating G. I. Jane
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As a history student focusing on women's World War II military history, I can honestly say...
The Wilde CenturyThe Wilde Century
For 15 years in Victorian England, Oscar Wilde was able to carry on like the famous camp queen...
Experiencing HIVExperiencing HIV
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-- Gary Kinsman, author of The Regulation of Desire: Homo and Hetero Sexualities

Homoeroticism in Classical Arabic LiteratureHomoeroticism in Classical Arabic Literature
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This text examines the importance of masculine homosexual allusion in classical Arabic...
Writing on the BodyWriting on the Body
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In many fields, the body is the topic generating exciting new research and interdisciplinary...
Poems Between WomenPoems Between Women
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this book is fabulous! Emma Donoghue's introduction provides fascinating contextual...
Lesbian ConfigurationsLesbian Configurations
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What constitutes a narrative as "lesbian"? Hoogland provides original readings of such...
Intimate Companions: A Triography of George Platt Lynes, Paul Cadmus, Lincoln Kirstein, and Their CircleIntimate Companions: A Triography of George Platt Lynes, Paul Cadmus, Lincoln Kirstein, and Their Circle
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I picked up this book because I like the work of George Platt Lynes and Paul Cadmus a lot. I...

Plain and Normal: A NovelPlain and Normal: A Novel
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In defense of Mr. Maloney, add me to the "What the hellwas that?" club. To...
The Catch TrapThe Catch Trap
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The Catch Trap was an incredibly moving story and I really liked it much. Below are a few of my...
The Hidden HitlerThe Hidden Hitler
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When this book came out, I read a rather positive review of it in one of the magazines which...
HOMOSEXUALS IN HISTORYHOMOSEXUALS IN HISTORY
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A very readable and enjoyable book that provides informative sketches of a wide variety of gay...
Schools for the Boys: Co-Education Reassessed (Explorations in Feminism Series)Schools for the Boys: Co-Education Reassessed (Explorations in Feminism Series)
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Black American Women's Writing: A Quilt of Many ColoursBlack American Women's Writing: A Quilt of Many Colours
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Evan L. Birch discusses a range of novels, short stories, and essays by black American women...
The Male Couple: How Relationships DevelopThe Male Couple: How Relationships Develop
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This book is still the best guide to the ups and downs of gay male relationships. All the other...
Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Identities and Youth: Psychological PerspectivesLesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Identities and Youth: Psychological Perspectives
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One of my fraternity brothers going through a sexuality crisis (OX), recommended that I check...
A History of Their Own: Women in Europe from Prehistory to the Present, Vol. 1A History of Their Own: Women in Europe from Prehistory to the Present, Vol. 1
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This rich litany of examples finds women of all classes fulfilling many roles. It illustrates a...
The Gendered SocietyThe Gendered Society
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This is the single worst text book I have ever read, IF you can even call it that. It is more...

Women, Gender, and Politics: A ReaderWomen, Gender, and Politics: A Reader
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Women, Gender, and Politics brings together both classic and recent readings on central topics...
You've Changed: Sex Reassignment and Personal Identity (Studies in Feminist Philosophy)You've Changed: Sex Reassignment and Personal Identity (Studies in Feminist Philosophy)
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Is sex identity a feature of one's mind or body, and is it a relational or intrinsic...
The Mathematics of Sex: How Biology and Society Conspire to Limit Talented Women and GirlsThe Mathematics of Sex: How Biology and Society Conspire to Limit Talented Women and Girls
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As a psychology professor who has taught Psychology of Women for many years, I am familiar with...
Feminist Perspectives on Canadian Foreign PolicyFeminist Perspectives on Canadian Foreign Policy
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This books seeks to deconstruct Canadian foreign policy. In doing so the book asks: what makes...
The Mouths of People, the Voice of God: Buddhists and Muslims in a Frontier Community of LadakhThe Mouths of People, the Voice of God: Buddhists and Muslims in a Frontier Community of Ladakh
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This book is a study of possession among the Buddhists of Ladakh. The author demonstrates that...

The Private Life of Old Hong Kong: Western Women in the British Colony, 1841-1941The Private Life of Old Hong Kong: Western Women in the British Colony, 1841-1941
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Modern histories rarely mention the myriad of western women who lived in Hong Kong and the...
Sexual Orientation and Human Rights: The United States Constitution, the European Convention, and the Canadian CharterSexual Orientation and Human Rights: The United States Constitution, the European Convention, and the Canadian Charter
"Lesbian and gay rights are human rights!" Is this just a political slogan to be...
Feminism and the Body (Oxford Readings in Feminism)Feminism and the Body (Oxford Readings in Feminism)
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Feminism and the Body presents classic texts in feminist body studies. Intended for...
Feminism, the Public and the Private (Oxford Readings in Feminism)Feminism, the Public and the Private (Oxford Readings in Feminism)
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This latest volume in the Oxford Readings in Feminism series presents the results of the...
Feminism and Politics (Oxford Readings in Feminism)Feminism and Politics (Oxford Readings in Feminism)
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The essays in this latest volume in the Oxford Readings in Feminism series answer questions...

Room of One's Own, and Three Guineas (Worlds Classics)Room of One's Own, and Three Guineas (Worlds Classics)
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In A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas, Virginia Woolf considers with energy and wit the...
Feminisms at a MillenniumFeminisms at a Millennium
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Last year the editors of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society invited feminists...
Women on the Defensive: Living through Conservative TimesWomen on the Defensive: Living through Conservative Times
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Feminism underwent perhaps its most difficult challenges in the 1980s, when conservatism reached...
Is the Rectum a Grave?: and Other EssaysIs the Rectum a Grave?: and Other Essays
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Over the course of a distinguished career, critic Leo Bersani has tackled a range of issues in...
Sowing the Body: Psychoanalysis and Ancient Representations of Women (Women in Culture and Society Series)Sowing the Body: Psychoanalysis and Ancient Representations of Women (Women in Culture and Society Series)
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LGBT Transnational Identity and the Media: Post Colonial - Post QueerLGBT Transnational Identity and the Media: Post Colonial - Post Queer
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Offering a critical introduction into LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender)...
Boys at Sea: Sodomy, Indecency, and Courts Martial in Nelson's NavyBoys at Sea: Sodomy, Indecency, and Courts Martial in Nelson's Navy
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Boys at Sea is a study of homoerotic life in the Royal Navy during the age of sail. It deals...
Feminist and Queer Performance: Critical StrategiesFeminist and Queer Performance: Critical Strategies
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Sue-Ellen Case is arguably the most influential and significant scholar in feminist and queer...
The Evolution of American Women's Studies: Reflections on Triumphs, Controversies, and ChangeThe Evolution of American Women's Studies: Reflections on Triumphs, Controversies, and Change
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This book is comprised of reflections by diverse women?s studies scholars, focusing on the many...
Gays/Justice: a Study of Ethics, Society, LawGays/Justice: a Study of Ethics, Society, Law
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-- The Advocate

Acting GayActing Gay
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"Acting Gay" is a series of close readings of the central works of gay male drama...
The Apparitional LesbianThe Apparitional Lesbian
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This is a fabulous book full of sharp observations, mordant wit, and a crisp, almost epigramatic...
Fruit of the MotherlandFruit of the Motherland
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Challenging the portrayal of sexual inequality as a universal condition, Lepowsky presents a...
The Lesbian PostmodernThe Lesbian Postmodern
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This volume of essays examines a realm as yet untouched in literary and cultural criticism and...
Masculine InterestsMasculine Interests
Best Price: $5.26
Until Masculine Interests not much had been written about men "as men" in the...

Queer Theory and the Jewish Question (Between Men~Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies)Queer Theory and the Jewish Question (Between Men~Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies)
Best Price: $23.00
The essays in this volume boldly map the historically resonant intersections between Jewishness...
Manly StatesManly States
Best Price: $28.00
Much has been written on how masculinity shapes international relations, but little feminist...
Gay Science: The Ethics of Sexual Orientation ResearchGay Science: The Ethics of Sexual Orientation ResearchThe Political Integration of Women: Roles, Socialization, and Politics (Illini Book)The Political Integration of Women: Roles, Socialization, and Politics (Illini Book)
Best Price: $12.89
The Myth of Manliness in Irish National Culture, 1880-1922The Myth of Manliness in Irish National Culture, 1880-1922
Best Price: $46.00
This study aims to supply the first contextually precise account of the male gender anxieties...

The OTHER FIFTIES: INTERROGATING MIDCENTURY AMERICAN ICONSThe OTHER FIFTIES: INTERROGATING MIDCENTURY AMERICAN ICONS
Best Price: $10.72
THE OTHER FIFTIES challenges the nostalgic notion that the decade was populated by placid...
Plots and Proposals: American Women's Fiction, 1850-90Plots and Proposals: American Women's Fiction, 1850-90
Best Price: $8.99
'Boy meets girl. Boy proposes to girl. Girl refuses proposal. Then what? This provocative...
Flora Tristan, Utopian Feminist: Her Travel Diaries and Personal CrusadeFlora Tristan, Utopian Feminist: Her Travel Diaries and Personal Crusade
Best Price: $13.88
"The entries not only illuminate the career of a remarkable woman, but yield insights into...
Marcus Aurelius in LoveMarcus Aurelius in Love
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As I understand it, the discovery of Marcus Fronto's collected letters caused a great...
Sinners and Citizens: Bestiality and Homosexuality in Sweden, 1880-1950 (The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society)Sinners and Citizens: Bestiality and Homosexuality in Sweden, 1880-1950 (The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society)
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Sinners and Citizens explores how sexual habits changed in Sweden during its development from...

Just One of the Guys?: Transgender Men and the Persistence of Gender InequalityJust One of the Guys?: Transgender Men and the Persistence of Gender Inequality
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The fact that men and women continue to receive unequal treatment at work is a point of...
What a Woman Ought to Be and to Do: Black Professional Women Workers during the Jim Crow Era (Women in Culture and Society)What a Woman Ought to Be and to Do: Black Professional Women Workers during the Jim Crow Era (Women in Culture and Society)
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I had to read this book for a history project I was working on, but came to enjoy the book. I...
Infamous Desire: Male Homosexuality in Colonial Latin AmericaInfamous Desire: Male Homosexuality in Colonial Latin America
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Students who have taken high school and college history courses may recall their lectures and...
Convents and the Body Politic in Late Renaissance Venice (Women in Culture and Society)Convents and the Body Politic in Late Renaissance Venice (Women in Culture and Society)
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In late sixteenth-century Venice, nearly 60 percent of all patrician women joined convents, and...
Intimate Friends: Women Who Loved Women, 1778-1928Intimate Friends: Women Who Loved Women, 1778-1928
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Intimate Friends offers a fascinating look at the erotic friendships of educated English and...

Postcolonial Theatres (Feminist Review)Postcolonial Theatres (Feminist Review)
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This issue of Feminist Review brings together articles, reviews, interviews and dialogues on...
The New Politics of Gender EqualityThe New Politics of Gender Equality
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Political interventions in pursuit of gender equality are currently high on the political...
Black Feminist Politics from Kennedy to Obama (Contemporary Black History)Black Feminist Politics from Kennedy to Obama (Contemporary Black History)
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Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book analyzes Black women?s involvement in American...
Homosexuality and PsychoanalysisHomosexuality and Psychoanalysis
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Many of us have heard the story of Freud writing the mother and telling her, in essence, that...
Pornography, the Theory: What Utilitarianism Did to ActionPornography, the Theory: What Utilitarianism Did to Action
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Pornography first developed in western Europe during the late eighteenth century in tandem with...

Freaks Talk Back: Tabloid Talk Shows and Sexual NonconformityFreaks Talk Back: Tabloid Talk Shows and Sexual Nonconformity
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Using extensive interviews, hundreds of transcripts, focus-group discussions with viewers, and...
Identities (A Critical Inquiry Book)Identities (A Critical Inquiry Book)
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The study of identity crosses all disciplinary borders to address such issues as the multiple...
The Manly Eunuch: Masculinity, Gender Ambiguity, and Christian Ideology in Late Antiquity (The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society)The Manly Eunuch: Masculinity, Gender Ambiguity, and Christian Ideology in Late Antiquity (The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society)
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This book represents an essential addition on the bookshelves for those interested in ancient...
Why We Lost the ERA (Equal Rights Movement)Why We Lost the ERA (Equal Rights Movement)
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This is a good book about the Equal Rights Amendment. It's easy to read and the author...
Sites of Desire/Economies of Pleasure: Sexualities in Asia and the Pacific (The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society)Sites of Desire/Economies of Pleasure: Sexualities in Asia and the Pacific (The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society)
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Discussions of sexuality in Asia and the Pacific have long been tinged with conceptions of the...

Homosexualities (Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture)Homosexualities (Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture)
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Stephen O. Murray Homosexualities (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2000) 507...
Crossing: A MemoirCrossing: A Memoir
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Donald McCloskey is a masculine man, a university professor, a renowned economist, a father and...
Fortune Is a Woman : Gender and Politics in the Thought of Nicollo Machiavelli : With a New AfterwordFortune Is a Woman : Gender and Politics in the Thought of Nicollo Machiavelli : With a New Afterword
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"Fortune is a woman, and if you want to keep her under, you've got to knock her around...
  
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