Between men

Description

Hailed by the "New York Times" as "one of the most influential texts in gender studies, men's studies and gay studies," this book uncovers the homosocial desire between men, from Restoration comedies to Tennyson's "Princess." 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.

Subjects

Series Statement

• Gender and culture

Other Editions

• Between men: English literature and male homosocial desireColumbia University Press1993-01-01
• Between menColumbia University Press1985-01-01
• Between MenColumbia University Press1985-01-01
• Between MenColumbia University Press1985-01-01
• Between MenPaperbackColumbia University Press1986-12-12
• Between menColumbia University Press1992-01-01