Barozzi, Stef
Published in
Journal of homosexuality
This paper aims to analyze the U.S. writer and teacher Tom Spanbauer's novel In the City of Shy Hunters by means of theoretical perspectives that embrace both queer and communitarian epistemologies. The novel, set mainly in New York City in the mid-1980s, is narrated in first person by the protagonist and shows how HIV/AIDS, and the elevated social...
Stover, Chris
Paige, Tamsin Phillipa
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Pólemos
Black Sails is an historical drama written as a prequel to Treasure Island. It did this by weaving the history surrounding the Pirate Republic of New Providence Island around fiction to create a compelling narrative exploring the force and evils of law and empire, and the lengths that some will go to in order to resist and be free. This paper will ...
Gezgin, Elif
Published in
Journal of homosexuality
This paper examines the relation between nationalism and heteronormativity through the lens of hegemonic masculinity and shows how Turkish nationalism helps to construct the "normal" and thus strengthen heteronormative thinking in Turkish society. Utilizing in-depth interviews in Çanakkale with 16 men who carry the typical features of a privileged ...
Davies, Adam W J Neustifter, Ruth
Published in
Journal of homosexuality
This article engages with Robert Mizzi's theorization of heteroprofessionalism to describe the experiences of two queer professors in the fields of Education and Psychology. We explore how heteronormative and cisnormative expectations of post-secondary professors impact professional practices and increase the regulation and surveillance of queer pr...
Squires, Michael
Published in
Journal of homosexuality
As a writer of fiction, D. H. Lawrence spent his career maneuvering between heterosexual and homosexual preferences. In order to make a living, he needed to use mainstream publishers. They encouraged his bold work but only if he censored it. What especially interested Lawrence were the differences between male and female orgasm-not just the mechani...
Quick, Tyler
Published in
Journal of homosexuality
Here, I provide a descriptive account of The Party by Ostbahnhof grounded in interview and ethnographic work. Ostbahnhof is an underground warehouse party that "puts queer people … first." By closely examining a polemic manifesto, calling for the exclusion of "basic white-cis-homo-normal" gays, I document the popular theories of queerness that dete...
Wei, John
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Journal of homosexuality
This paper considers queer studies in the global geopolitical hotspot of Asia, as well as how we can reimagine queer theories through both the Covid-19 pandemic and the intensified regional and global superpower competition and geopolitical tensions. It argues for a rethinking of queer studies through today's international relations and geopolitica...
Backlund, Daniel Nolin, Jennie
The aim of the study was to see how work groups in the Correctional Service perceived and expressed masculinity norms and how the work group experienced that the phenomenon affected their meetings with clients. To meet the aim two qualitative group interviews were conducted with two and three people respectively in each group. The participants belo...
Janusauskas, Marius
Male cross-dressing as a form of aesthetic expression by something or someone has been practised in fashion globally. This article aims to investigate what role cross-dressing plays in contemporary men’s fashion. Does it transform or confirm gender norms? In what ways can cross-dressing be used as a tool to produce visual politics? Cross-dressing o...
