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African-American Literature: Gay Male
By admin | May 7th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 2 comments
The African-American gay male tradition in literature--though it has yet to receive adequate scholarly attention--consists of a substantial body of texts, spans a period of nearly seven decades, and includes some of the most gifted writers of the twentieth-century. It is a rich and vibrant tradition; its vitality emerges at least in part from the complexities of the black gay lives that it articulates and affirms. It is an intensely political tradition that offers relentless and simultaneous challenges to black as well as white homophobiahomophobia, to straight as well as queerqueer racism.
Yet its concerns extend far beyond social protest to engage a wide variety of issues that range from quintessentially African-American themes to universally human ones.Subjects of the Visual Arts: Nude Males
By admin | May 7th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 2 commentsThroughout much of history, the nude male figure was virtually the only subject that could be used to articulate homoerotichomoerotic desire in publicly displayed works of art. In most cases, representations of nude males were intended to embody the spiritual and political ideals of the societies in which they were produced. Only rarely were erotic [...]
Twentieth-Century European Art
By admin | May 6th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 2 commentsA large number of significant twentieth-century European artists focused on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender themes, making such concerns crucial to the understanding of twentieth-century art.
These artists span all the major art movements and are too numerous for all of them to be mentioned in a condensed essay. By necessity, the individuals discussed here constitute [...]
Christian Denominations
By admin | April 26th, 2009 | Category: Special Features, Uncategorized | No Comments »While Christian denominations such as the Metropolitan Community Church and the Unitarian Universalists welcome full participation by glbtq members and clergy, others are divided over glbtq issues, and some are ardent supporters of the most homophobic elements of the New Right.
Churches of the Anglican Communion include the Episcopal Church and the Church of England. The [...]