Lou Sullivan Diaries (1970-1980) and Theories of Sexual Embodiment Making Sense of Sensing

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rodemeyer, Lanei M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2018, 2018
Edition:1st ed. 2018
Series:Crossroads of Knowledge
Subjects:
Sex
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Lou Sullivan Diaries: 1970-1973
  • Chapter 2 Theoretical Introduction to Discourse and the Body: Foucault, Butler, Queer Theory, and Transgender Studies
  • Chapter 3 Lou Sullivan Diaries: 1974-1975
  • Chapter 4 Discourses Available to Sullivan: The Kinsey Reports and The Transsexual Phenomenon
  • Chapter 5 Lou Sullivan Diaries: 1976-1980
  • Chapter 6  A Phenomenology of Embodiment
  • Conclusion, by Lou Sullivan
  • Appendix
  • San Francisco Chronicle articles about Steve Dain