Table of Contents

Contents The Emergence of Gay and Lesbian Studies

• Generations and Paradigms: Mainstreams in Lesbian and Gay Studies
• Homosexual, Gay, and Lesbian: Defining the Words and Sampling the Populations
• Deconstruction, Lesbian and Gay Studies, and Interdisciplinary Work: Theoretical, Political, and Institutional Strategies
• The Mark of Sexual Preference in the Interpretation of Texts: Preface to a Homosexual Reading
• Teaching Homosexual Literature as a “Subversive” Act
• Matters of Fact: Establishing a Gay and Lesbian Studies Department
• Gay and Lesbian Studies in the Netherlands
• Lesbian Studies Emerging in Canada
• History's Future: Reflections on Lesbian and Gay History in the Community
• Appendix
• Reference Notes Included
• Index