{"product_id":"margaret-mead-made-me-gay-personal-essays-public-ideas-9780822326120","title":"Margaret Mead Made Me Gay: Personal Essays, Public Ideas","description":"\u003ci\u003eMargaret Mead Made Me Gay\u003c\/i\u003e is the intellectual autobiography of cultural anthropologist Esther Newton, a pioneer in gay and lesbian studies. Chronicling the development of her ideas from the excitement of early feminism in the 1960s to friendly critiques of queer theory in the 1990s, this collection covers a range of topics such as why we need more precise sexual vocabularies, why there have been fewer women doing drag than men, and how academia can make itself more hospitable to queers. It brings together such classics as \"The Mythic Mannish Lesbian\" and \"Dick(less) Tracy and the Homecoming Queen\" with entirely new work such as \"Theater: Gay Anti-Church.\"\u003cbr\u003eNewton's provocative essays detail a queer academic career while offering a behind-the-scenes view of academic homophobia. In four sections that correspond to major periods and interests in her life-\"Drag and Camp,\" \"Lesbian-Feminism,\" \"Butch,\" and \"Queer Anthropology\"-the volume reflects her successful struggle to create a body of work that uses cultural anthropology to better understand gender oppression, early feminism, theatricality and performance, and the sexual and erotic dimensions of fieldwork. Combining personal, theoretical, and ethnographic perspectives, \u003ci\u003eMargaret Mead Made Me Gay\u003c\/i\u003e also includes photographs from Newton's personal and professional life.\u003cbr\u003eWith wise and revealing discussions of the complex relations between experience and philosophy, the personal and the political, and identities and practices, \u003ci\u003eMargaret Mead Made Me Gay\u003c\/i\u003e is important for anyone interested in the birth and growth of gay and lesbian studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-249369\"\u003eEsther Newton\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.13w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822326120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822326124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC012000\"\u003eLGBTQ+ Studies | Gay Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC017000\"\u003eLGBTQ+ Studies | Lesbian Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEsther Newton is Professor of Anthropology and Kempner Distinguished Professor at State University of New York at Purchase. She is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eMother Camp, \u003c\/i\u003e a groundbreaking study of American drag queens, and \u003ci\u003eCherry Grove, Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town\u003c\/i\u003e. Among other distinctions, she was Scholarly Advisor for the documentary film \u003ci\u003eParis Is Burning\u003c\/i\u003e, a founding member of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center, and member of the Advisory Group for Stonewall History Project.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44702861361389,"sku":"9780822326120","price":59.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_29a2fb70-b565-497d-a74d-e494e525c424.jpg?v=1703893608","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/margaret-mead-made-me-gay-personal-essays-public-ideas-9780822326120","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}