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Between men, English literature and male homosocial desire, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick ; foreward by Wayne Koestenbaum

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

Between men

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Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick ; foreward by Wayne Koestenbaum

Gender and culture

English literature and male homosocial desire

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.--, Provided by Publisher

English literature and male homosocial desire