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Your CoWorkers Should Read This Book
This is an excellent text. I highly recommend it for anyone involved in LGBT issues. This highly readable text will appeal to readers of all stripes, all orientations, so leave it out where others will see it... and wait to see who picks it up! Come out of the closet and bring someone with you. It's a wonderful journey.

A must read for anyone interested in LGBT issues
I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised with "Overcoming Heterosexism and Homophobia: Strategies that Work." Given its title (which to be honest does not exactly inspire confidence as to its"readability") and its size (448 pages of really fine print.Whoa!), I was really expecting yet another dry, boring, overly academictext that I was going to have to struggle through, not just to understandbut to stay awake as well. But yet, as soon as I started reading it, I wascaught off guard by two things: One, I was actually able to read the essaysstraight through and understand them the first time I read them (as opposedto having to read the same paragraph three or four or more times becausethe language is so dense and cumbersome as to be incomprehensible); andtwo, I found myself wanting to read more of the book. I felt the book did agreat job of not only incorporating a great deal of information in a fresh,easy-to-understand manner, it also managed to be comprehensive withoutnecessarily becoming overwhelming. "Overcoming" was that rarebook that actually got me from the first chapter and kept me reading.Furthermore, it has been a long time since I got this excited reading abook, i.e. it was really enjoyable to read, and incredibly informative!"Overcoming Heterosexism and Homophobia: Strategies that Work" isdefinitely an invaluable resource for anyone interested in LGBT issues, andparticularly for those individuals or organizations looking for ways todevelop and implement programs that specifically address issues pertainingto homophobia and/or heterosexism. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Behavior modification    2. Gay Studies    3. Gender Studies    4. Heterosexism    5. Homophobia    6. Human Sexuality    7. Lesbian Studies    8. Prevention    9. Psychology    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Specific Groups - Male Gay Studies    12. United States    13. Literary Criticism & Collections / Gay & Lesbian   

Editorial Review

Historical studies of sexuality and homosexuality are often time- and place-specific. It is a refreshing surprise that Allen J. Frantzen's Read more

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This review appeared in Publishers Weekly 9/14/98 (p. 9)
An exciting account of medieval sexuality?Surprisingly, yes.Loyola University English professor Frantzen brings the "shadows" of same-sex relations ("as closely attached to heterosexual relations asshadows are to their objects") into relief by highlighting theircentrality in everything from operatic "trouser roles," in whichwomen dress as men in ambiguous visions of female-female desire, to thedances of Mark Morris, which "offer gay people entertainment andaffirmation of the highest order." Turning to his specialty, Frantzenreveals an Anglo-Saxon world much less prudish than we are accustomed toimagining.Where "queer theory" has sought to uncover gayliberation in the past, his "assimilationist" model never limitssame-sex desire to genital contact.An engaging and witty guide to talesof cross-dressing saints, legal codes payingmuch more attention toheterosexual than homosexual misbehavior and references to "Sodom andGomorrah" less severe than one would expect, he discovers bothself-identified same-sex lovers and a culture that allowed them a certainlicense.Pointing out the nationalist chauvinism of the numeroushistorians who have labeled William the Conqueror's son gay, Frantzen alsomakes clear the vast difference between medieval and modern conceptions ofsexual identity.Frantzen's marvelous book, concluding with a fascinatingdiscussion of how Angels in America reverses Anglo-Saxon codes of nationalunification, opens up a world most readers will never have even known wasthere.It's a difficult topic, but Frantzen's comprehensive, readable andeven wryly funny treatment makes this an unexpected pleasure. (0ct.) ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Anglo-Saxons in literature    2. England    3. English literature    4. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    5. Gay & Lesbian    6. History    7. History and criticism    8. Homosexuality and literature    9. Literary Criticism    10. Literature - Classics / Criticism    11. Old English, ca. 450-1100    12. Sexuality In Literature    13. Angels in America    14. British & Irish history: c 1000 to c 1500    15. English    16. Kushner, Tony    17. Lesbian studies    18. Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    19. Literary studies: classical, early & medieval    20. Literary studies: from c 1900 -   

Subjects:  1. 1917-1967    2. 20th century    3. American - General    4. Criticism and interpretation    5. Gay & Lesbian    6. History    7. Literary Criticism    8. Literature - Classics / Criticism    9. McCullers, Carson,    10. Southern States    11. Women Authors    12. Women and literature    13. English    14. Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -    15. USA   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. English fiction    3. Feminist    4. Gay & Lesbian    5. Gay/Lesbian Nonfiction    6. Great Britain    7. History    8. History and criticism    9. Homosexuality and literature    10. Lesbians in literature    11. Literary Criticism    12. Literature - Classics / Criticism    13. Women authors    14. Literary Criticism & Collections / Gay & Lesbian   

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An important shift in emphasis
Laura Doan has done a great deal of original archival research History/ Literature/ Lesbian Images
Doan examines how the Well of Loneliness trial and the appearance of its author Hall helped codify an image of "lesbian" for audiences in the late 1920s. The image of the 1920s "modern" woman in other British organizations is also examined. Some interesting photos but more academic than other recent books on lesbian images/history. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Gays in popular culture    3. Great Britain    4. History    5. Lesbian Studies    6. Lesbian culture    7. Lesbians    8. Social Science    9. Social conditions    10. Sociology    11. Women Authors    12. Literary Criticism & Collections / Gay & Lesbian   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Caribbean & Latin American    3. Gay & Lesbian    4. Gay Studies    5. Gay/Lesbian Nonfiction    6. Great Britain    7. History    8. Homosexuality    9. Lesbian Studies    10. Lesbians    11. Literary Criticism    12. Literary collections    13. Sociology    14. Sources    15. 20th century    16. Collections & anthologies of various literary forms    17. Gay & Lesbian studies    18. Latin America    19. Literary Criticism & Collections / General    20. Other prose: 19th century    21. c 1800 to c 1900   

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    3. Gay & Lesbian    4. Poetry   

Subjects:  1. Body, Human, in literature    2. Gay & Lesbian    3. General    4. History and criticism    5. Language    6. Language Arts & Disciplines    7. Literary Criticism    8. Literature - Classics / Criticism    9. Literature, Modern    10. Narration (Rhetoric)    11. Sex in literature    12. Cultural studies    13. History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900    14. History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -    15. Language Arts & Disciplines / General    16. Literary studies: 19th century    17. Literary studies: from c 1900 -    18. Photography & Photographs   

Subjects:  1. American    2. American Contemporary Drama    3. American drama    4. Drama    5. Gay & Lesbian    6. Gay Studies    7. Gay men    8. Gay/Lesbian Nonfiction    9. Gays' writings, American    10. Lesbian Studies    11. Lesbians    12. Performing Arts    13. Plays / Drama    14. Theater - General    15. Drama texts: from c 1900 -    16. Gay & Lesbian studies    17. Rhetoric    18. Social Science / Gay Studies    19. USA   

Subjects:  1. England    2. Europe - General    3. Gay & Lesbian    4. History    5. Lesbians    6. Literary Criticism    7. Literature - Classics / Criticism    8. Social networks    9. Sociology - Marriage & Family    10. Women    11. British Literature    12. Comparative Literature    13. European History    14. Gender Studies    15. Lesbian studies    16. Literary Criticism & Collections / Gay & Lesbian    17. Literary studies: 19th century    18. Social history    19. Women's studies    20. c 1800 to c 1900   

Subjects:  1. Gay & Lesbian    2. General    3. Psychology    4. Psychiatry    5. Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory   

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Excellent Work
I am something of a fan of Staten's work.I am a former U of U English graduate student, and so I have had the pleasure of sitting in a Staten course on Lacan and Derrida.I also recommend his U of Nebraska text on Derrida and Wittgenstein.Read more

Subjects:  1. Desire in literature    2. Gay & Lesbian    3. Grief in literature    4. Literary Criticism    5. Literature - Classics / Criticism    6. Loss (Psychology) in literature    7. Semiotics & Theory    8. Special Subjects In Literature    9. Theory Of Literature    10. Literary theory    11. Political Science / Government / General   

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Same sex guideline....for the straight closed minded person
This book shows gay couples that is alright to feel the way you do about your mate.Touching on a side of the life style that straight couples want in there straight relationships.Read more

Subjects:  1. Gay Studies    2. Gay couples    3. Gay/Lesbian Nonfiction    4. Gender Studies    5. Homosexuality    6. Lesbian Studies    7. Marriage    8. Marriage customs and rites    9. Same-sex marriage    10. Social Science    11. Sociology    12. Sociology - Marriage & Family    13. United States    14. Cultural studies    15. Family & relationships    16. Gay & Lesbian studies    17. Literary Criticism & Collections / Gay & Lesbian    18. USA   

Subjects:  1. Autobiographical fiction, English    2. Gay & Lesbian    3. Gay Studies    4. Gay men    5. General    6. History and criticism    7. Identity    8. Literary Criticism    9. Literature - Classics / Criticism    10. Modernism (Aesthetics)    11. Cultural studies    12. Gender studies    13. Literary Criticism & Collections / General   

Editorial Review

These romantic, sensual, poignant, and humorous poems courageously describe lesbian experience in a way that pays tribute to the diverse and complex nature of women's sexuality. ... Read more

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Lyrical! Passionate! Exquisite!
WOW!!! This book is amazing. I don't usually care much for poetry, as I often find it dull or impossible to relate to. But this poetry was beautiful and moving. I could hardly put it down, wanting to wallow more in the luscious words, but at the same time I wanted to save the poems, to make the experience last as long as possible. The experience did last - I have read these poems over and over again, and each time I love and appreciate them more. Wow.
This is one of my favorite poetry collections.Oh, how much love, passion, laughter and tears are within these pages.I read it, front to back, in a day.I couln't put it down.What wonderful words to read and inspire a heart with love.

A feast of poetry and passion
An outstanding anthology of poetry from some incredible writers who compose with both skill andRead more

Subjects:  1. American Contemporary Poetry (Anthologies)    2. Anthologies (multiple authors)    3. Gay & Lesbian    4. Gay/Lesbian Nonfiction    5. General    6. Lesbians    7. Lesbians' writings, American    8. Love poetry, American    9. Poetry    10. Special Subjects In Literature    11. Women authors    12. American English    13. English    14. Gay & Lesbian studies    15. Literature of special Lesbian interest    16. Poetry / General    17. Poetry anthologies: from c 1900 -    18. USA   

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. Gay & Lesbian    3. Gay Studies    4. Gay men    5. Gays in literature    6. Literature - Classics / Criticism    7. Promiscuity    8. Sexual behavior    9. Social Science    10. Sociology    11. United States    12. Gay studies (Gay men)    13. Sexual behaviour    14. Social Science / Gay Studies    15. USA   

Subjects:  1. Criticism    2. Gay & Lesbian    3. General    4. Imagination    5. Literary Criticism    6. Literature - Classics / Criticism    7. Psychoanalysis and literature    8. Literary Criticism & Collections / General    9. Literary studies: general   

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Subjects:  1. Gay & Lesbian    2. Gay Studies    3. Gay/Lesbian Nonfiction    4. Homosexuality    5. Identity    6. Lesbian Studies    7. Lesbianism    8. Lesbians    9. Social Science    10. Sociology   

Subjects:  1. African American authors    2. African Americans    3. African Americans in literature    4. American - African American & Black    5. American - African-American    6. American literature    7. Essays    8. Gay & Lesbian    9. History and criticism    10. Intellectual life    11. Literary Criticism    12. Literature - Classics / Criticism   

Subjects:  1. European literature    2. Gay & Lesbian    3. History and criticism    4. In literature    5. Literary Criticism    6. Literature - Classics / Criticism    7. Literature, Modern    8. Modern Literature - History And Criticism    9. Poetry    10. Regional, Ethnic, Genre, Specific Subject    11. Sappho    12. Women Authors    13. 20th century    14. Ancient (Classical) Greek    15. Literary Criticism & Collections / Women Authors    16. Literary studies: general    17. Literature of special Lesbian interest    18. Prose & writers: classical, early & medieval    19. c 1700 to c 1800    20. c 1800 to c 1900