Overview

Queer lives give rise to a vast array of objects: the things we fill our houses with, the gifts we share with our friends, the commodities we consume at work and at play, the clothes and accessories we wear, and the analogue and digital technologies we use to communicate with one another. But what makes an object queer? The sixty-three chapters in Queer Objects consider this question in relation to lesbian, gay and transgender communities across time, cultures and space. In this unique international collaboration, well-known and newer writers traverse world history to write about items ranging from ancient Egyptian tomb paintings and Roman artefacts to political placards, snapshots, sex toys and the smartphone. Fabulous, captivating, transgressive. -- .

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Author:   Chris Brickell ,  Judith Collard
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
ISBN:  

9781526135766

ISBN 10:   1526135760
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   17 October 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 The Queerness of Objects - Chris Brickell and Judith Collard 2 The First Gay Kiss? - Richard Bruce Parkinson 3 Tutanekai’s Flute - Paerau Warbrick 4 Faces of Queer-Aboriginality - Dino Hodge 5 Pasting Together an Identity - Helen Pausacker 6 The Strapless Satchel - Jeffrey Vaughan 7 The Queering of Action Man - Greg Minnisale 8 Reading Two Gay Histories - Ben Anderson-Nathe 9 Fragments of Sappho - Chris Brickell 10 New World Slavery’s Queer Object - Carina Pasquesi 11 Freda’s Mountaineering Memoir - Chris Brickell 12 Teddy’s Illustrated Letter - Rachel Hope Cleaves 13 Four Saints in Three Acts - Tirza True Latimer 14 Donald Friend’s Life in Letters - Tim Roberts 15 Dear Dawn, Can I Hold You? - Lauren Britton 16 A Gay Magazine in Communist Poland - Lukasz Szulc 17 The Cunt Coloring Book - Margo Hobbs 18 Henry’s Albums - Barry Reay 19 Sammy’s Stud File - Barry Reay 20 The Proverbial Lavendar Dildo - Erica Rand 21 Amos’ Chair - Barry Reay 22 Cruising Masculine Spaces - Judith Collard 23 The Stuff of Cruising - John Howard 24 Monuments - Peter Sherlock 25 The Warren Cup - Chris Brickell 26 Robert Gant’s Shoes - Chris Brickell 27 Oscar’s Photograph? - Neil Bartlett 28 Saint Sebastian - Chris Brickell 29 Tender Buttons - Jane Trengrove 30 The Paintings of Lois White - Judith Collard 31 The L Word Quilt - Amanda Littauer and Diane Johns 32 The Queen of Polka Holes - Katsuhiko Suganuma 33 Queer Dogs - Heike Bauer 34 Our Own Dear House - Bev Roberts 35 An Attic Apartment - Chris Brickell 36 The Rotary Dial Telephone - Matt Cook 37 C734 - Christopher Castiglia and Christopher Reed 38 Saint Eugenia’s Relics - Robert Mills 39 A Tram Ticket, an Egyptian and an Englishman - Robert Aldrich 40 To My Friend from His Friend - Graham Willett 41The Story of a Locket - Peter Wells 42 Till We Meet Again - Jo Campbell 43 A Set of Wedding Photos - Elise Chenier 44 Carl Wittman and the AIDS Quilt - Amanda Littauer and Diane Johns 45 Exhibit A: The Powder Puff - Wayne Murdoch 46 Neil McConaghy’s Penile Plethysmograph - Kate Davison 47 A Military Discharge Certificate - Shirleene Robinson 48 The Moral Majority is Neither - Timothy Willem Jones 49 Devotional Objects - Melissa M. Wilcox 50 Political Buttons - Katherine A. Hermes 51 Plastic Politics - James Burford, Kath Khangpiboon and Jutathorn Pravattiyagul 52 Bloomers and Monocles - Nikki Sullivan and Craig Middleton 53 A Lesbian Waistcoat - Nadia Gush 54 Lesbian Lipstick - Reina Lewis 55 Punk Jacket - Marcus Bunyan 56 The Australian Speedo - Yorick Smaal 57 The World’s First Gay Travel Guide - Daniel Brandl-Beck 58 Keith’s Slides - Chris Brickell 59 John Hunter’s Make-up Box - Chris Brickell 60 The Portable Lesbian Party - Alison Oram 61 The Rangers Motorclub Flag - Tim Roberts 62 The Disco Ball and the DJ - Philip Hughes 63 Queer Smartphones - Simon Clay -- .

Reviews

'Queer objects delights and provokes in its expansive offering of moments, materials, images and texts that capture the presence of queer identities across time and space. Richly illustrated and exceptionally well-informed its authors bring familiar and unfamiliar subjects to life in new and exciting ways. A must for any respectable and unrespectable queer library.' Christopher Breward, National Galleries of Scotland -- .

'Queer objects delights and provokes in its expansive offering of moments, materials, images and texts that capture the presence of queer identities across time and space. Richly illustrated and exceptionally well-informed its authors bring familiar and unfamiliar subjects to life in new and exciting ways. A must for any respectable and unrespectable queer library.' Christopher Breward, National Galleries of Scotland 'The queer angel of history has brought us from New Zealand this remarkable book of objects that have aroused memories - involuntary and voluntary, painful and uplifting, individual and communal. A deeply moving exploration of history, memory, and queerness.' Jeffrey Escoffier, author of American Homo: Community and Perversity -- .

Author Information

Chris Brickell is Professor of Gender Studies at the University of Otago Judith Collard is Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and Art History at the University of Otago -- .

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