1.Nowhere Without It: The Homosexual Ingredient in the Making of Straight White Men 2. A Century of Not-Gay Sex 3. Here's How You Know You're Not Gay: The Popular Science of Heterosexual Fluidity 4. Average Dudes, Casual Encounters: White Homosociality and Heterosexuality Authenticity 5. Haze Him!: White Masculinity, Anal Resilience, and the Erotic Spectacle of Repulsion 6. Against Gay Love: This One Goes Out to the Queers Acknowledgments Notes Index About the Author
Jane Ward is Professor of Feminist Studies at University of California Santa Barbara. She is the author of The Tragedy of Heterosexuality, Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men, and Respectably Queer: Diversity Culture in LGBT Activist Organizations.
"Wards book is confident and theoretically well-informed, and
offers a rich, often counterintuitive and thought-provoking tour
through straight white mens homosexual activities and their
shifting meanings in history, in the military, in fan fiction, in
French kissing among Hells Angel members, as well as in the
accounts of pop psychological experts who assure straight men
having sex with other men that they arenot gay. In short, this is
cultural studies at its best."
*Times Higher Education*
"[Not Gay] provides a compelling and intriguing argument, that,
rather than erasing queer identities, complicates the concept of
identity itself."
*The Society Pages*
"What I love about this book is that it expands our notions about
what it means to be human."
*Women’s Studies Quarterly*
"The title of Jane Wards book is not meant to be ironic. Her
argument is that while sexual activity between straight white men
does take place, it doesnt mean that the participants are gay. The
book is about exploring the circumstances under which this
situation can be said to arise."
*The Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review*
"A key contribution of the book is its documentation of the freedom
and power enjoyed by straight white men to define what 'not gay'and
'real'homosexuality looks like and in what circumstances these
terms are applied . . . well-written and direct in both its
presentation and synthesis of a range of materials."
*Qualitative Sociology*
"[]Not Gay, an insightful treatise on the nature of heterosexual
male interaction with other men, addresses many of the stereotypes
and assumptions associated with straight and gay men. The book also
skillfully analyzes the often fluid nature of sexuality, race,
privilege, and the taboo crossover behavior between sexually active
men of opposing preferences."
*The Bay Area Reporter
"Ward writes with refreshing candor that other readers will likely
appreciate By drawing on multiple forms of evidence, she offers a
fascinating reconsideration of how we think about mens
sexuality."
*Men and Masculinities*
"Rather than focusing so much on sexual orientation, or trying to
unmask the feelings of these men, who position themselves as
heterosexual yet engage in same-sex sexual behavior, Ward turns her
attention to the ways in which certain organizations use homosexual
acts to further men's investment in heterosexuality,
hypermasculinity and homosociality in order to build lasting,
strong bonds and friendships and to reassert white manhood."
*Metapsychology*
"This fascinating book explores the worlds of white men who have
sex with other white men and yet identify as straight."
*Pacific Standard*
"Ward's significant contribution to the current discourse on sexual
fluidity lies in her deep reflection on how self-identified
straight men construct an identity where context-specific,
same-sex, sexual behavior can be incorporated into an otherwise
white, straight, masculine identity."
*PsycCRITQUES*
"Ward's idea that our cultural understanding of men's sexuality has
been way too simplistic for way too long is fundamentally sound and
refreshing. Ward's research suggests she's well on her way to
enacting the change she intended with her writing. Greater
understanding of any cultural phenomenon is only a good thing for
the world."
*Gawker.com*
"With a lot of nuanced arguments and a provocative, corrective
thesis,Not Gayis undoubtedly a book that demands to be read."
*Gender & Society*
"Listed on Gift Guide 2015: LBGT Titles to Round out Your Holiday
Shopping Lists: Plenty of straight guys have sex with other men
while protesting vehemently that they are & not gay. This
provocative book is an attempt to understand that phenomenon."
*Gift Guide 2015*
"Not Gay is nothing less than a breath of fresh air. This book is
certain to change the way that we think about heterosexualitys
relations with the homoerotic."
*Roderick Ferguson,author of Aberrations in Black: Toward a Queer
of Color Critique*
"Clear-eyed and unsqueamish, Not Gay defiantly insists that sex
between contemporary American straight white men is in fact
meaningful sex that can'tand shouldn'tjust be hand-waved away. Jane
Ward provides a timely and convincing corrective."
*Hanne Blank,author of Virgin: The Untouched History*
"Not Gayopens up a discussion of male sexual fluidity that is real
and needed."
*Bitch Magazine*
"Ward presents a critical piece missing from GBLTQ studies: the
examination of white homoerotic activity within
heterosexuality...Ward exposes the cultural construct of
heterosexuality as it applies to men and women, illuminating the
patriarchal and gendered roles assigned to gay and not-gay men and
women. [] A valuable study for those interested in gender and GBLTQ
studies. Summing Up: Essential."
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