Queer Fictions of the Past: History, Culture, and Difference (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies)
Cambridge University Press, 10/9/1997
EAN 9780521591010, ISBN10: 0521591015
Hardcover, 192 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
In Queer Fictions of the Past, Scott Bravmann explores the complexity of lesbian and gay engagement with history and considers how historical discourses animate the present. Characterising historical representations as dynamic conversations between then and now, he demonstrates their powerful role in constructing present identities, differences, politics, and communities. In particular, his is the first book to explore the ways in which lesbians and gay men have used history to define themselves as social, cultural, and political subjects.
Part I. Queer Cultural Studies of History
1. Metanarrative and gay identity
2. Queer historical subjects
Part II. Reading Past Histories
3. Re
reading queer history
4. The lesbian and gay past
it's Greek to whom?
5. Queer fictions of Stonewall
6. Re/writing queer histories
Part III. Conclusions
7. Queer fictions for the future.