Gay and Lesbian Studies and the Theatre Curriculum

1994 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-44
Author(s):  
Sam Abel
Keyword(s):  
Gay And Lesbian ◽  
Gay And Lesbian Studies ◽  
Lesbian Studies

scholarly journals Kvinders smag for mænd, mænds smag for kvinder. Heteroseksualitet som smagsfællesskab

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morten Emmerik Wøldike
Keyword(s):  
Queer Theory ◽  
Judith Butler ◽  
Gay And Lesbian ◽  
Scientific Integrity ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Gay And Lesbian Studies ◽  
Lesbian Studies ◽  
Late Modern

Heterosexuality has been largely untheorised within both sociology, feminism and gay and lesbian studies, which have traditionally been focusing on hierarchical dichotomies between men and women, heterosexuality and homo- sexuality. As the most prominent tales of heterosexuality today, post-structuralism and queer theory have contributed fruitfully to the denaturalisation of heterosexuality, but have also gained a monopoly of telling stories which are neither necessarily productive in terms of the scientific integrity nor no longer helpful for people in general. The article puts forward a critique of these scientific tales, among others the work of Judith Butler, as contributing to a rather monolithic concep- tualisation focusing on heterosexuality as on- ly a ‘discourse’, an ‘institution’, an ‘identity’ or a ‘norm’. Moreover, by constructing a new binary between ‘queer’ and ‘normal’, queer theory fails to transgress the logics and con- cepts of dichotomies and identity. The article argues that people in late modern Denmark in fact no longer strictly conforms to a hete- rosexual norm and therefore, it alternatively suggests a tale of heterosexuality as ‘a tribe or community of taste’ inspired by the sociolo- gists Michel Maffesoli and Henning Bech, addressing perspectives and categories such as lust, taste, aesthetics, sociality, sensation and emotions. This new tale is not intended to re- place post-structuralism or queer theory, but as both an adequate and a very productive qualified tale, it should be supplementary in respect of the fact that heterosexuality is a multifarious phenomenon which must be studied from various angles in different con- texts.

The Bloomsbury Group

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn G. Heilbrun
Keyword(s):  
Queer Studies ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
Gay And Lesbian ◽  
Human Communication ◽  
Bloomsbury Group ◽  
Masculinity And Femininity ◽  
Gay And Lesbian Studies ◽  
Normative Expectations ◽  
Lesbian Studies

Heilbrun’s influential analysis of the sexual dissidence characteristic of the Bloomsbury Group first appeared in Midway in 1968, years before queer studies or even gay and lesbian studies gained momentum and legitimacy as scholarly fields. Heilbrun counters the ‘profound hostility’ directed towards Bloomsbury, arguing that this hostility stems from discomfort with members of the Bloomsbury Group’s acceptance, even flaunting, of homosexuality and disruption of normative expectations for masculine and feminine behaviour. For Heilbrun, the group combined the best attributes of stereotypes of masculinity and femininity, to embrace reason and rationality, and to eschew violence, but not passion. But their greatest legacy was their conversation, which was light and fun and serious at the same time. Ideas debated in those conversations inform their immense accomplishments in fields as various as economics and the fine arts, and leads Heilbrun to feel that conversation is ‘the apotheosis of human communication’.

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