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Lou Sullivan diaries (1970-1980) and theories of sexual embodiment
making sense of sensing
Abstract
This book highlights the intersection between theory and lived experience, academic description and the personal narrative of Lou Sullivan. Sullivan puzzled in his diaries over the conundrum of his desire to transition from female to male in order to be a gay man. The reader will follow Sullivan as he struggles with his feelings of maleness, in his troubled relationship with his lover, Tom, through his many sexual escapades, and finally, as he begins taking hormones. Alongside the diaries is an engagement with body and gender theories, accessible to the introductory reader, yet also taking up current debates especially in transgender studies.
Details | Table of Contents
1970–1973
pp.1-41
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63034-2_1Foucault, Butler, queer theory, and transgender studies
pp.43-78
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63034-2_21974–1975
pp.79-115
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63034-2_3the kinsey reports and the transsexual phenomenon
pp.117-143
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63034-2_41976–1980
pp.145-186
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63034-2_5Publication details
Publisher: Springer
Place: Dordrecht
Year: 2018
Pages: 237
ISBN (hardback): 978-3-319-63033-5
ISBN (digital): 978-3-319-63034-2
Full citation:
Rodemeyer Lanei (2018) Lou Sullivan diaries (1970-1980) and theories of sexual embodiment: making sense of sensing. Dordrecht, Springer.