Thinking Straight : The Power, Promise and Paradox of Heterosexuality.

By: Ingraham, ChrysMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Florence : Routledge, 2004Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (237 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203006368Subject(s): Heterosexism | Heterosexuality | Homophobia | Sexual orientation -- Public opinion -- United States | Social stratificationGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Thinking Straight : The Power, Promise and Paradox of HeterosexualityDDC classification: 306.764 LOC classification: HQ76.4 -- .T45 2005ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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