AEGiS-BKREV: A Queer World: The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader

(BKREV) A Queer World: The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader

New York University Press, 70 Washington Square S, New York, NY, 10012. 705p., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-8147-1874-4, 0-8147-1875-2pbk. $65.00, $24.95pbk.
edited by Martin Duberman. 1997.

The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) was formed at the City University of New York Graduate School in April, 1991. "CLAGS went through a protracted struggle to come into existence and a difficult journey of survival and growth." This anthology is intended to make available some of the more substantial fruits of its work. The first part, Mapping Identities: Gender and Sexuality," discusses whose identity and what gender. The next part, "The Terrains of History: New Stories, New Methodologies," looks at some of the more important aspects of gay history. The third part, "Mind/Body Relations: Science and Psychology," looks at genes, hormones, and the brain and psychology and sexual orientation. Part four, "Laws and Markets," looks at the legal aspects and the "homo-economics" aspects. The last part, "Sexual Policies, Sexual Politics," covers youth, aging, and AIDS.

The four presentations under AIDS are: "Randy Shilt's Miserable Failure," by Douglas Crimp; "AIDS and Adolescence," by Cindy Patton; "Women and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa," by Nellie Mathu; and "On the Need for a Gay Reconstruction of Public Health." Although the majority of the book has nothing to do with AIDS, it does give the reader an excellent overview of the complexities that are present in the world of gays and lesbians. This is a highly recommended book for all academic libraries.

Keywords: Homosexuality)

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