On Sexuality and Power

by Alan Sinfield

Book Overview

It is widely supposed that the most suitable partner will be someone very much like oneself; gay fiction and cinema are often organized around this assumption. Nonetheless, power differentials are remarkably persistent--as well as sexy. What are the personal and political implications of this insight?

Sinfield argues that hierarchies in interpersonal relations are continuous with the main power differentials of our social and political life...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231134096
• ISBN13: 9780231134095
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher