When Men Meet
Homosexuality and Modernity
Henning Bech(Author)
Polity Press
Published on 13. January 1997
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-0-7456-1420-5 (ISBN)
Description
This work proposes a novel interpretation of the nature of masculinity and its connections with homosexuality. Besides a critical discussion of existing theories in the area, the author also analyzes a rich variety of other materials, including novels, films and other literature. It represents both an analysis of the places in which encounters occur - the railway station, the park, the disco, the consulting room, the stadium - and is also a metaphor for key aspects of modernity. In analyzing the nature of the modern social world, Bech makes use of insights from Adorno and Benjamin as well as Sartre and Heidegger. Modernity and sexuality, Bech argues, are both intertwined and changing. He concludes by proposing that, having been created by modernity, "the homosexual" is now disappearing in conjunction with the changes transforming modernity itself.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 diagram, bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
603 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7456-1420-5 (9780745614205)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Homosexuals out of date; absent homosexuality; the homosexual form of existence; homosexuality and society; the disappearance of the modern homosexual.