Genealogies of Identity: Interdisciplinary Readings on Sex and Sexuality

by Margaret Soenser Breen (Editor), Fiona Peters (Editor)

Genealogies of Identity examines issues of sex and sexuality across a range of critical and cultural perspectives. The volume considers historically specific discourses of sex and sexuality, their effect within public contexts such as the church and the workplace, and the link of those discourses to understandings of individual identity, citizenship, nation, and human rights. As well, the volume analyses representations of sexuality and desire in art, literature, theatre, and theory – representations that serve both to codify and to subvert social norms and aesthetic and theoretical traditions. Finally and more broadly, the volume attests to the critical importance of inter- and multidisciplinary approaches to understanding constructions of gender, sex, and sexuality. Genealogies of Identity consists of fifteen essays, versions of which were presented at the First Global Conference on Critical Issues in Sexuality, held in Salzburg, Austria, in October 2004. List of Figures Margaret SÖNSER BREEN with Fiona Preface PART History, Sex, and Nation Robert D. Kertbeny’s “Homosexuality” and the Language of Nationalism Julia Prostitution, Sexuality, and Gender Roles in Imperial Hamburg, A Case Study Susanne Cultural Clash on Debates on Prostitution in Germany and Sweden in the 1990s Ed “Staying Bush” – The Influence of Place and Isolation in the Decision by Gay Men to Live in Rural Areas in Australia PART Re-writing Desire Katerina Whoring, Incest, Duplicity, or the “Self- Polluting” Erotics of Daniel Defoe’s Moll Flanders Karoline Catastrophic Sexualities in Howard Baker’s Theatre of Transgression Shalmalee Un-sacred Cows and Protean Suniti Namjoshi’s Re-writing of Postcolonial Lesbian Bodies Fiona Desire-less-ness PART Representations of Gender Identities Barbara Underneath the Clothes – Transvestites without A Consideration in Art Tovi Of Swords and Genital Representation as Defining Sexual Identity and Sexual Liberation in Some Old French Fabliaux and Lais Serena Only with You – Maybe – If You Make Me A Genealogy of Serial Monogamy as Governance Self-Governance PART Legality, Bureaucracy, Religion, and Sexuality Alejandro CERVANTES-CARSON and Tracy A Project for Sexual Sexuality, Power, and Human Rights Valerie D. International Law, Children’s Rights, and Queer Youth Nick Acting Like a Identity Dilemmas for Gay Men Jodi O’ How Big is Your God? Queer Christian Social Movements Notes on Contributors

282 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2005