Handbook of Lesbian and Gay Studies

Diane Richardson is well established as an international and national authority in the area of the sociology of sexuality, with many related publications. In particular, she has made a significant contribution to three different areas of this body of knowledge: theories of sexual identity; sociological understandings of HIV/AIDS; and feminist accounts of sexuality.She has previously undertaken a number of funded projects examining social and economic aspects of heterosexual transmission of HIV and has held Visiting Professorships/ Fellowships at a number of academic and research centres in the field of sexuality and gender divisions, including the Centre for Education and Research in Sexuality at San Francisco State University, the National Centre for AIDS Social Research, Sydney and Harvard University.Much of my work addresses the newly emergent body of theory on heterosexuality, especially in post modern, feminist and queer theory. My interests in this area include the relationship between concepts of citizenship and sexuality, identity and social change and the (hetero) sexualisation of the public/private divide. A series of articles are in press or in preparation reflecting these interests, in particular the relationship between concepts of citizenship and the institutionalisation of heterosexuality.In addition, I have a current interest in developing conceptual frameworks in the study of sexual violence; in particular the processes, by which violence to the person is defined, interpreted and legitimated.

`The creation of a new field of lesbian and gay studies over the past thirty years has been a fascinating project. This volume brings together key authors in the field in 26 major essays and provides a clear sense of just how much has been achieved. It is a guide to the state of the art, and invaluable for scholars throughout the world′ - Ken Plummer, Professor of Sociology, University of Essex; and Editor of Sexualities`This book is unique in lesbian and gay studies. From politics to health, cyber-queers to queer families, the review essays in this volume cover all the important bases of GLB history and politics. The Introduction is a simple and accessible overview of the changing faces of theory and research over many decades. This book is bound to be an important resource in a burgeoning field′ - Janice Irvine, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst`The Handbook of Gay and Lesbian Studies, assembled by two leading theorists of sexuality, makes available more than two dozen new cutting-edge essays in gay studies. Essential for social science scholars and students of gay/queer studies′ - David F. Greenberg, Professor of Sociology, New York University

• Introduction - Diane Richardson and Steven SeidmanPART ONE: HISTORY AND THEORYFrom Liberation to Transgression and Beyond - Barry D AdamGay, Lesbian and Queer Studies at the Turn of the Twenty-first CenturyThe Heterosexual/Homosexual Binary - Sasha RoseneilPast, Present and FutureThe Mainstreaming of Lesbian and Gay Studies? - Peter M NardiUnusual Fingers - Lynda BirkeScientific Studies of Sexual OrientationHeterosexuality - Chrys IngrahamIt′s Just Not Natural!The Comparative Sociology of Homosexualities - Stephen O MurrayPART TWO: IDENTITY AND COMMUNITYFrom the Bowery to the Castro - Verta Taylor, Elizabeth Kaminski and Kimberly DuganCommunities, Identities and MovementsNew Technologies and `Cyber-Queer′ Research - Nina WakefordQueer Bodies and the Production of Space - Gill ValentineThe Forgotten - Stephen PughA Community Without a Generation - Older Lesbians and Gay MenQueer Diaspora - Anne-Marie FortierGay, Lesbian and Bisexual Youth - Melinda S MiceliThe Bisexual Menance - Kristin G EsterbergOr, Will the Real Bisexual Please Stand Up?PART THREE: INSTITUTIONSImagining the Place of the State - Davina CooperWhere Governance and Social Power MeetLesbian and Gay Health - Tamsin WiltonPower, Paradigms and BodiesInnocence and Experience - Debbie Epstein, Sarah O′Flynn and David TelfordParadoxes in Sexuality and EducationLesbian and Gay Bodies of Law - Leslie J MoranReligious Views of Homosexuality - Dawne MooneGays and Lesbians as Workers and Consumers in the Economy - Marieka M KlawitterSweating in the Spotlight - Joshua GamsonLesbian, Gay and Queer Encounters with Media and Popular CultureQueer Families Quack Back - Judith Stacey and Elizabeth DavenportPART FOUR: POLITICSMaking a Minority - Stephen EngelUnderstanding the Formation of the Gay and Lesbian Movement in the United StatesAnti-Gay and Lesbian Violence and Its Discontents - Valerie Jennesss and Kimberley D RichmanGlobalization and the International Gay/Lesbian Movement - Dennis AltmanNationalism Has a Lot to Do with It! - Jyoti PuriUnraveling Questions of Nationalism and Transnationalism in Lesbian/Gay StudiesSexual Citizenship - David Bell and Jon BinnieMarriage, the Market and the Military