Table of Contents

Introduction
CHAPTER 1. VARIETIES OF 'HOMOSEXUALITY'; VARIETIES OF 'ART' DT INITIATORY HOMOSEXUALITY: THE 'SAMBIA' OF NEW GUINEA & ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME DT GENDER-TRANSCENDENT HOMOSEXUALITY: POLYNESIA & NORTH AMERICA DT PERFORMATIVE HOMOSEXUALITY: TOKUGAWA JAPAN
CHAPTER 2. BEFORE MODERNITY DT EARLY CHRISTIAN AND MEDIEVAL EUROPE DT THE RENAISSANCE DT 17TH- AND 18TH-CENTURY EUROPE
CHAPTER 3. INVENTING THE MODERN: ART AND SEXUAL IDENTITY IN THE LATE- NINETEENTH CENTURY DT IMAGERY AT MID-CENTURY DT INVENTING THE AVANT-GARDE DT ARTISTS AT MID-CENTURY DT THE MODERN ARTIST AS HOMOSEXUAL DT AESTHETES AND ART JOURNALS
CHAPTER 4. SECRETS AND SUBCULTURES, 1900-1940 DT ECHOES OF AESTHETICISM DT AVANT-GARDE CONTINGENTS DT SEXUALITY AND RACE DT STRATEGIES OF CODING: ABSTRACTION AND SYMBOLS DT THE LIMITS OF THE AVANT-GARDE DT THE AVANT-GARDE AND THE OPEN SECRET DT THE OPEN SECRET AND MASS CULTURE
CHAPTER 5. THE SHORT TRIUMPH OF THE MODERN: 1940-1965 DT EXPRESSION AND REPRESSION IN POST-WAR ART DT POPULAR IMAGERY, POP ART, AND THE ORIGINS OF POSTMODERNISM DT CAMP AND CRITICISM
CHAPTER 6. THE AVANT-GARDE AND ACTIVISM: 1965-1982 DT ART VS. POLITICS DT FEMINISTS, LESBIANS, AND FEMALE SENSIBILITY DT IDENTITY AND SENSIBILITY
CHAPTER 7. THE AIDS DECADE: 1982-1992 DT AIDS AND THE AVANT-GARDE DT AIDS, ACTIVISM, AND VISUAL CULTURE DT HOMOPHOBIA AND VISUAL CULTURE
CHAPTER 8. QUEER AND BEYOND DT QUEER DT FRAGMENTATION FROM WITHIN DT PRESSURE FROM WITHOUT DT WORKING THROUGH DIFFERENCE: THE BLACK MALE NUDE
BIBLIOGRAPHY & NOTES

About the Author

Christopher Reed is Associate Professor of English and Visual Culture at Pennsylvania State University. His previous books include Not at Home: The Suppression of Domesticity in Modern Art and Architecture and Bloomsbury Rooms: Modernism, Subculture, and Domesticity, winner of a 2005 Historians of British Art prize.

Reviews

"It's not the first book on the subject, but 'Art and Homosexuality: A History of Ideas' is certainly among the best."--Los Angeles Times Culture Monster blog
"Reed's book carries forward a long-overdue reckoning that began in a very public and controversial way with the exhibition 'Hide/Seek' at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery late last year."--Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post
"Art and Homosexuality succeeds brilliantly at addressing the profound question: Why have art and sexual variation been linked for so long, across so many cultures, and in such disparate ways? Reed's perceptive interpretations of artists and works build one upon the next, offering a forceful argument while also weaving a fascinating new social history."--James Saslow, author of Pictures and Passions: A History of Homosexuality in the Visual
Arts
"Christopher Reed's groundbreaking and long overdue discussion of the historically intertwined relationship of artistic and homosexual identities is smart, intensively researched, beautifully written and illustrated. His thoughtful interpretation of events and superb visual analysis of individual artworks, make Art and Homosexuality central to any discussion of contemporary art. An excellent teaching resource, it belongs on every reading list and in
every library."--Harmony Hammond, author of Lesbian Art in America: A Contemporary History
"This is an extremely thorough and timely addition to the literature on homosexuality and art. Wide-ranging and handsomely illustrated, it is also appropriately controversial"--Simon Watney, author of Imagine Hope: AIDS and Gay Identity
"Art and Homosexuality offers a brilliant and accessible account of the complex links between art and sexuality. With case studies drawn from societies around the world, attention to lesbian, as well as gay, artists and audiences, and its demolishment of longstanding orthodoxies, Art and Homosexuality is destined to become the go-to book on this controversial topic."--Martin A. Berger, author of Sight Unseen: Whiteness and American Visual
Culture
"Christopher Reed deftly synthesizes recent scholarship and historical sources to demonstrate how art and sexual dissidence productively intertwine. His vivid examples and elegant prose make this study accessible without sacrificing complexity. Art and Homosexuality requires (and equips) us to rethink what we think we know about art history."--Tirza True Latimer, author of Women Together/Women Apart: Portraits of Lesbian Paris
"Reed's arguments strike me as admirably lucid and ambitious and they are well-illustrated by a variety of plates, many in color." --Jon Lackman, The Art History Newsletter
"In this gorgeously illustrated work, Reed examines the long standing link between sexual identity and art. From the ancient world and the Renaissance to a thorough examination of modernism's active exploration of sexuality, Reed will open up your eyes to homosexuality's prevalence in the history of art." --Joseph Pedro, Passport Magazine
"It is difficult to criticize this book because it truly is well written and interesting. Art & Homosexuality will be a very interesting read for anyone interested in the history of homosexuality and art and for individuals interested in learning more about prevalent societal attitudes concerning gender role expectations, homosexuality, heterosexuality (and sexuality in general) at different point of time throughout history."--Elin Weiss,
Metapsychology Online Reviews
"Reed makes an important contribution to an understudied and complex topic--the persistent linking of art and homosexuality over time and across cultures.... Accessible writing and judiciously chosen illustrations combine with scholarly methods to produce a volume capable of serving multiple audiences, and useful as both a reference source and a textbook. Highly recommended."--CHOICE