How to be gay
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Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2012.
Physical Desc
viii, 549 pages : ill. ; 25 cm.
Status
San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Nonfiction
306.7662
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306.7662
1 available
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Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2012.
Format
Book
Language
English
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"David Halperin, a pioneer of LGBTQ studies, dares to suggest that gayness is a specific way of being that gay men must learn from one another in order to become who they are. Inspired by the notorious undergraduate course of the same title that Halperin taught at the University of Michigan, provoking cries of outrage from both the right-wing media and the gay press, How To Be Gay traces gay men's cultural difference to the social meaning of style. Far from being deterred by stereotypes, Halperin concludes that the genius of gay culture resides in some of its most despised features: its aestheticism, snobbery, melodrama, adoration of glamour, caricatures of women, and obsession with mothers. The insights, impertinence, and unfazed critical intelligence displayed by gay culture, Halperin argues, have much to offer the heterosexual mainstream."--www.Amazon.com.
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