Deviations
A Gayle Rubin Reader
1st Edition
Published on 28. November 2011
500 pages
978-0-8223-9406-8 (ISBN)
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Gayle Rubin laid the foundation for queer theory as a graduate student at Michigan in the early 70s with the essay The Traffic in Women, which was followed a decade later by an equally influential essay, Thinking Sex. This volume collects her essays covering topics ranging from BDSM to feminist debates on pornography and sex to lesbian and gay history.
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Gayle S. Rubin is Associate Professor of Anthropology, Women's Studies, and Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan.
Content
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. Sex, Gender, Politics 1
1. The Traffic in Women: Notes on the "Political Economy" of Sex (1975) 33
2. The Trouble with Trafficking: Afterthoughts on "The Traffic in Women" 66
3. Introduction to A Woman Appeared to Me 87
4. The Leather Menace: Comments on Politics and S/M 109
5. Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality 137
6. Afterword to "Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality" 182
7. Postscript to "Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality" 190
8. Blood under the Bridge: Reflections on "Thinking Sex" 194
9. The Catacombs: A Temple of the Butthole 224
10. Of Catamites and Kings: Reflections on Butch, Gender, and Boundaries 241
11. Misguided, Dangerous, and Wrong: An Analysis of Antipornography Politics 254
12. Sexual Traffic: Interview with Gayle Rubin by Judith Butler 276
13. Studying Sexual Subcultures: Excavating the Ethnography of Gay Communities in Urban North America 310
14. Geologies of Queer Studies: It's Déjà Vu All Over Again 347
Notes 357
Bibliography 425
Index 469
Introduction. Sex, Gender, Politics 1
1. The Traffic in Women: Notes on the "Political Economy" of Sex (1975) 33
2. The Trouble with Trafficking: Afterthoughts on "The Traffic in Women" 66
3. Introduction to A Woman Appeared to Me 87
4. The Leather Menace: Comments on Politics and S/M 109
5. Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality 137
6. Afterword to "Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality" 182
7. Postscript to "Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality" 190
8. Blood under the Bridge: Reflections on "Thinking Sex" 194
9. The Catacombs: A Temple of the Butthole 224
10. Of Catamites and Kings: Reflections on Butch, Gender, and Boundaries 241
11. Misguided, Dangerous, and Wrong: An Analysis of Antipornography Politics 254
12. Sexual Traffic: Interview with Gayle Rubin by Judith Butler 276
13. Studying Sexual Subcultures: Excavating the Ethnography of Gay Communities in Urban North America 310
14. Geologies of Queer Studies: It's Déjà Vu All Over Again 347
Notes 357
Bibliography 425
Index 469
