Ingraham, Chrys.
Thinking Straight : The Power, Promise and Paradox of Heterosexuality. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (237 pages)
Cover -- Thinking Straight -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Thinking Straight -- The Power -- 1. Sexuality, Heterosexuality and Gender Hierarchy: Getting Our Priorities Straight -- 2. From Polluted Homosexual to the Normal Gay: Changing Patterns of Sexual Regulation in America -- 3. Claiming Citizenship? Sexuality, Citizenship and Lesbian Feminist Theory -- 4. The Transformation of Heterosexism and its Paradoxes -- The Paradox -- 5. Crossing the Borders of Gendered Sexuality: Queer Masculinities of Straight Men -- 6. White Heterosexuality: A Romance of the Straight Man's Burden -- 7. The Mermaid and the Heterosexual Imagination -- The Promise -- 8. "Someday My Prince Will Come": Disney, the Heterosexual Imaginary and Animated Film -- 9. Out of Wedlock: Why Some Poor Women Reject Marriage -- 10. The Production of Heterosexuality at the High School Prom -- 11. Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: The Filming of "Wedding Advice" -- Appendix -- About the Contributors -- Index.
This collection of original essays will unravel the current heterosexual scene in two parts: one on rights and privileges, the other on popular culture. Topics covered include weddings, proms, citizenship, marriage penalties, cartoons, mermaids and myth.
9780203006368
Heterosexism.
Heterosexuality.
Homophobia.
Sexual orientation -- Public opinion -- United States.
Social stratification.
Electronic books.
HQ76.4 -- .T45 2005eb
306.764
Thinking Straight : The Power, Promise and Paradox of Heterosexuality. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (237 pages)
Cover -- Thinking Straight -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Thinking Straight -- The Power -- 1. Sexuality, Heterosexuality and Gender Hierarchy: Getting Our Priorities Straight -- 2. From Polluted Homosexual to the Normal Gay: Changing Patterns of Sexual Regulation in America -- 3. Claiming Citizenship? Sexuality, Citizenship and Lesbian Feminist Theory -- 4. The Transformation of Heterosexism and its Paradoxes -- The Paradox -- 5. Crossing the Borders of Gendered Sexuality: Queer Masculinities of Straight Men -- 6. White Heterosexuality: A Romance of the Straight Man's Burden -- 7. The Mermaid and the Heterosexual Imagination -- The Promise -- 8. "Someday My Prince Will Come": Disney, the Heterosexual Imaginary and Animated Film -- 9. Out of Wedlock: Why Some Poor Women Reject Marriage -- 10. The Production of Heterosexuality at the High School Prom -- 11. Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: The Filming of "Wedding Advice" -- Appendix -- About the Contributors -- Index.
This collection of original essays will unravel the current heterosexual scene in two parts: one on rights and privileges, the other on popular culture. Topics covered include weddings, proms, citizenship, marriage penalties, cartoons, mermaids and myth.
9780203006368
Heterosexism.
Heterosexuality.
Homophobia.
Sexual orientation -- Public opinion -- United States.
Social stratification.
Electronic books.
HQ76.4 -- .T45 2005eb
306.764