Between Men

By Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

Subjects: Gay men's writings, English, Erotik, Désir dans la littérature, Psychological aspects of English literature, Homosexuality and literature, 18e siècle (milieu)-19e siècle (milieu), Sex in literature, Masculinité dans la littérature, Male authors, Hommes dans la littérature, Masculinité (psychologie), Homosexualité et littérature, Masculinity in literature, Désir, Masculinité (Psychologie) dans la littérature, English fiction, Romans, Homosexualité, Englisch, Male friendship, Littérature anglaise, Queer, Histoire, Gay men in literature, Motiv, Vrouwen, Dans la littérature, English literature--male authors--history and criticism, Desire in literature, Homosexuels masculins dans la littérature, Psychological aspects, Sexualité dans la littérature, Queer theory, Rôle selon le sexe, Literatur, Sociale relaties, LGBTQ, History and criticism, Feminism and literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Homosexualité masculine, Histoire et critique, English literature, Engels, Féminisme et littérature, History, Male homosexuality in literature, Homosexualität, Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature, Mannen, Roman anglais, Sex role in literature, Men in literature, Homosexualité masculine dans la littérature, Hommes

Description: Hailed by the "New York Times" as "one of the most influential texts in gender studies, men's studies and gay studies," this book uncovers the homosocial desire between men, from Restoration comedies to Tennyson's "Princess." At the time of its first appearance in 1985 Between Men was viewed as an important intervention into Feminist as well as Gay and Lesbian studies. It was an important book because it argued that "sexuality" and "desire" were not a historical phenomenon but carefully managed social constructs. This insight (that actually originated with Michael Foucault) is often viewed as anti-humanist or post-humanist because it argues that men and women are simply the products of patriarchal power relations over which they have no control. By mobilizing Foucault's theories of the history of sexuality Sedgwick re-fashions Feminism and Gay and Lesbian Studies to make it seem as though Feminism and Gay and Lesbian studies are ideally situated to continue those interventions into the history of sexuality begun by Foucault.