Histsex archives January 2001

HISTSEX ARCHIVES: January 2001

From: "Philip Stokes" <Philip.Stokes@btinternet.com>

Subject: [histsex] Kingdom Swann / Gentlemen's Relish

Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 20:18:00 -0000

Carried away as I have been by enthusiastic anticipation, I'm now washed up

on the shore of next morning, wringing out the tristesse from my tattered

habilments ....

In other words, while nothing would make me retract my recommendation of the

novel to the occupants of this list, the film, albeit entertaining, so far

as I can see offers little or nothing of solid value to scholars or

interpreters of the medium or the period.

Perhaps the only glimmer comes from its postmodern appropriation [or

nicking] of Oscar Rejlander's Two Ways of Life [1857] and its

re-presentation as a work by Swann, with a couple of extra figures inserted,

unconvincingly.

Desole [we're right out of accents], Messieurs Mesdames.

Philip Stokes

philip.stokes@btinternet.com

___________________________________________________________________Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:29:36 -0800 (PST)

From: "=?iso-8859-1?q?Michael=20O'Rourke?=" <tranquilised_icon@yahoo.com>

Subject: [histsex] Queer Men Conference announcement

QUEER MEN: HISTORICIZING QUEER

MASCULINITIES,1550-1800.

PHYSICS THATRE,

NEWMAN HOUSE,

STEPHEN"S GREEN,

DUBLIN,

IRELAND.

SATURDAY 21 JULY,2001.

10am-6pm.

Speakers:

Professor Randolph Trumbach (Baruch College,CUNY)

Professor George Haggerty (University of California,

Riverside)

Professor George Rousseau (DeMontfort and Oxford)

Mr. Alan Bray (Indepentdent scholar,London)

Dr. Alan Stewart (Birkbeck College, London)

Professor Jeffrey Masten (Northwestern

University,Evanston)

Professor Robert Tobin (Whitman College, Washington)

Professor Mario DiGangi (Lehman College,CUNY)

Dr. Hugh Stevens ( University of York,UK)

Professor Jody Greene ( University of California,

Santa Cruz)

Queer Men: Historicizing Queer Masculinities,

1550-1800 is a gathering of the most recent

scholarship on the historicisation of masculinity by

the most original and widely respected thinkers in

this relatively new field. By using the analytical

tools of Queer Theory these international,

interdisciplinary scholars have reconfigured the

history of sexuality in radically altering both how we

think about sexuality

and how we write history. This conference is a timely

benchmark in answering and raising questions about

male love, sex, friendship and intimacy in

the early modern era. It is a revaluation that takes

into account how widely this matter has been debated

over the last ten years and is an invaluable

contribution to Gay, Lesbian & Queer studies; sexual,

social and cultural history and Early Modern &

Enlightenment Studies more generally.

The conference papers will be published in Autumn 2002

and is certain to generate much international

interest as it will be a compilation of the most

recent work and thought by scholars who are considered

not only

eminent and original but are regarded as the pioneers

in this interdisciplinary field of enquiry.

The conference is being organised by Katherine

O'Donnell, (WERRC) and Michael O'Rourke who teaches on

the Histories of Sexualities Option on

WERRC's Lesbian Studies and Queer Culture Certificate.

The Queer Men website is up at:

www.ucd.ie/~werrc/queermen.html

(main page with dates, times, venue, biogs of

participants and organizers; link at bottom of page

to booking form)

www.ucd.ie/~werrc/queermenbkg.html (booking form)

The conference is also listed, with links, on the

main WERRC

conferences page (.../~werrc/conferences2.html).

* Book now to avoid disappontment as there are only

limited places available*

Michael O'Rourke, UCD.

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Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:11:36 -0800 (PST)

From: "=?iso-8859-1?q?Michael=20O'Rourke?=" <tranquilised_icon@yahoo.com>

Subject: [histsex] Address query

Dear listmembers,

Can anyone help me with an address/e-dress for Philip

Carter who lives in the UK.

Many thanks in advance,

Michael O'Rourke,

PhD student,

University College Dublin.

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Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 09:08:33 -0800

From: Elizabeth Reis <lzreis@darkwing.uoregon.edu>

Subject: [histsex] history of sexuality anthology

In response to the post a while back about the history of sexuality in

America, I thought I might be so bold as to announce to the list an

anthology I just edited and published with Blackwell. It's called

_American Sexual Histories_ and it consists of previously published

articles by leading historians and corresponding primary documents. All of

the documents actually match the articles, and so I think the book will

work well for teaching. The chronology begins in the American colonial

period and goes through to the twentieth century. I've written a general

introduction and introductory blurbs before each of the articles and the

primary sources, along with questions for students to think about and

bibliographies for each chapter. You can check out Blackwell's website for

the table of contents:

http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/book.asp?ref=0631220801

I just received my authors' copies a couple of weeks ago, and so I'm not

sure if it's out in the stores yet. It's probably available in the UK

already and can be ordered here. Best, Elizabeth Reis

Elizabeth Reis

Department of History

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR 97403

541-346-5904

___________________________________________________________________From: "Rictor Norton" <norton@rictor.freeserve.co.uk>

Subject: Re: [histsex] Transgender theory and history

Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 13:42:11 -0000

List members may be interested in the lastest issue of the International

Journal of Transgenderism which is a special issue devoted to "What is

Transgender", whose complete text is available at:

http://www.symposion.com/ijt/

The historical background given by Vern L. Bullough is especially

interesting; and the first chapter of Anne Fausto-Sterling's book _Sexing

the Body_ is reprinted in full.

Rictor Norton, London

mailto:norton@rictor.freeserve.co.uk

http://www.infopt.demon.co.uk

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From: "Dalley-Crozier ,Dr Ivan" <i.dalley-crozier@wellcome.ac.uk>

Subject: RE: [histsex] kiernan query

Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 11:55:06 -0000

Dear All,

Here is a query about an article which I am having no end of trouble

uncovering: James Kiernan, "Responsibility in active algophily," _Medicine_,

April, 1903. The Wellcome library cannot track this down for me (apparently

there were too many journals called Medicine in 1903!), and as I am

currently writing on sadism and masochism, I would greatly appreciate any

further information--or especially a copy--of this article (renumeration, or

favour-trading/info swapping possible, naturally).

Also, is there anyone out there working on James Kiernan? I am becoming

particualrly interested in him, through his relations with Havelock Ellis,

although I cannot find the letters which Kiernan wrote Ellis, and would

appreciate any pointers in this direction too, as well as any further

information on him.

I hope you all had a good festive season,

Cheerio, Ivan

============================================

Ivan Crozier,

i.dalley-crozier@wellcome.ac.uk

"An entertaining essay might perhaps be

written on the sexlessness of historians;

but it would be entertaining and nothing

more: we do not know enough either about

the historians or sex."

--Lytton Strachey, 1931

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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 20:36:43 +0100

Subject: [histsex] introduction

From: "Lena Lennerhed" <lena.lennerhed@sh.se>

MIME-Version: 1.0

Im new on the list - a list I find useful and worthwhile - and would

like to introduce myself. I teach History of Ideas at S÷dert÷rn University

College of South Stockholm. My thesis Frihet att njuta ("The Pursuit of

Pleasure") was published in 1994 and focused on Sexual Liberation in

Sweden in the 1960s. In the early sixties, young liberal and

socialdemocratic students and other intellectuals, demanded access to free

abortion, a more extensive sex education in schools, a repeal of the

pornography law, and a greater tolerance towards homosexuality. In my

thesis I put this rather extensive sexliberal rebellion in a tradition of

Scandinavian cultural radicalism, going back to the 1880s. I also show

the great influence the American sex researcher Alfred Kinsey had on

Swedish sexliberals in the early sixties.

At the moment Im finishing a book on RFSU, Riksf÷rbundet f÷r sexuell

upplysning (The Swedish Association for Sex Education), a swedish sex

reform organisation. RFSU was founded in 1933 by the journalist and

syndicalist Elise Ottesen-Jensen, a group of radical doctors and

representatives from the labour movement. RFSU advocated access to

contraceptives, abortion, sterilisation, sex education, clinics, as well

as the legalisation of homosexual contacts. Ottesen-Jensen was also one of

the founders of IPPF, International Planned Parenthood Federation, in

1953. My research focuses on the 1930s and 1940s. It is evident that a

political perspective on sexual issues, which included a will to change

society, was to a large extent replaced by a medical and psychological

pespective that focused on the individual and his or her ability to adjust

within society. This change in the RFSU policy was taking place at the

same time as the formative years of the Swedish Welfare State. The Swedish

Government became more posit

ive to sex reforms and changed a number of laws - for example abortion and

information on contraceptives were legalised in 1938, and homosexual

contacts in 1944 - and leading RFSU members became involved in sex reform

on a more official level, for example as experts in governmental

commissions.

Lena Lennerhed, PhD, Assistant Professor

S÷dert÷rns h÷gskola/ University College

Box 4101

141 04 Huddinge

Sweden

tel +46 (0)8 58 58 8495

fax +46 (0)8 58 58 8205

___________________________________________________________________From: Ilfactotum@aol.com

Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 02:51:37 EST

Subject: [histsex] Data on Pornography

Dear List:

My name is Bob Scharf. I am a psychohistorian doing research into the meaning

of certain motifs in pornography.

I am looking for data on what kinds of formulae pornographers use in making

their movies, if and how they research popular motifs, how they decide upon

marketing strategies, and things of that nature.

If anyone could direct me to resources or people who could help in this

endeavor, I would greatly appreciate it.

Sincerely,

Bob Scharf

___________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 19:44:39 +0000 (GMT)

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Noreen=20Giffney?= <stheno_gorgon@yahoo.co.uk>

Subject: [histsex] Lesbianism and all female schools

Dear List Members,

Does anyone know of any work being done on pupils' and

teachers' perceptions of lesbianism at all female

second level schools?

Any information would be much appreciated.

Noreen Giffney

Department of Medieval History

University College Dublin

___________________________________________________________________Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 17:15:44 -0800

From: julian carter <jcarter@leland.stanford.edu>

Subject: [histsex] queer teaching

Dear colleagues,

I'm pondering the shift from GLB(T) to queer studies as the rubric for

increasing numbers of undergraduate programs (or concentrations or minors).

Seems like "queer" offers us a much broader rubric for course design, but

that can sometimes be a burden as well as a blessing. Has anybody put

together an "intro to queer studies" syllabus that's conceived more broadly

than "intro to LGBT studies," and if so, what holds it together

conceptually?

More generally, I'm curious about the sorts of courses you all might think

of teaching if someone said "hey, you wanna do a Queer Studies class?" What

sorts of things sound interesting and legitimate to you?

Thanks--

Julian

___________________________________________________________________Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 22:32:41 -0500

From: Frances Bernstein <fbernste@drew.edu>

Subject: [histsex] reading on AIDS

List members,

Can anyone recommend something RECENT to assign to undergraduates on the

history of the AIDS epidemic to date? I've relied on AIDS: The Burdens

of History in the past, but it's getting quite dated. Articles or book

sections would work, and the more comprehensive the better.

Thanks,

Fran Bernstein

Dept. of History

Drew University

Madison, NJ 07940

___________________________________________________________________From: "Pablo Ben" <benpablo@hotmail.com>

Subject: [histsex] History of sexuality in Latinamerica

Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 06:19:24 -0000

I am working on the history of sexuality in Argentina. My period is turn of the century to early twentieth century. I would like to know if somebody works on sexuality or gender in this period in Latinamerica, as I would be interested in making comparisons.

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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 02:09:08 -0700 (MST)

From: Tim Hodgdon <Tim.Hodgdon@asu.edu>

Subject: Re: [histsex] History of sexuality in Latinamerica

You will, of course, likely already be familiar with Donna Guy, _Sex and

Danger in Buenos Aires._ I've never looked at it, so I can neither

recommend nor warn. And, if my memory serves, Asunci¾n Lavrin's _Women,

feminism, and social change in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, 1890-1940_

contains valuable information, as does her article "Paulina Luisi:

Pensamiento y escritura feminista," in _Estudios sobre escritoras

hispßnicas en honor de Georgina Sabat-Rivers,_ ed. Lou Charnon-Deutsch

(Editorial Castalia, 1992), 156-72.

Are you familiar with the work of Prof. David Foster, of the Arizona State

University Dept. of Spanish Language and Literature? Scan the curriculum

vitae below, and decide if contacting him might be worthwhile. (The

c.v. comes from a public-access file, the Communities of Science Expertise

Tim Hodgdon

Ph.D. candidate

Department of History

Arizona State University

Tim.Hodgdon@asu.edu

David W. FOSTER

PO Box 870202

Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona 85287-0202

United States

Phone: (480) 965-3752

Email: david.foster@asu.edu

Education:

Ph.D., University of Washington, Romance Languages and Literatures, 1964

M.A., University of Washington, Spanish and Romance Linguistics, 1963

B.A., University of Washington, Spanish, 1961

Professional Experience:

Arizona State University, Liberal Arts & Sciences, Languages &

Literatures, Spanish/Women's Studies, Regents' Professor Appointed: 1966

1964-66, University of Missouri-Columbia, Assistant Professor of Spanish

1967, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina) / Lenguas Vivas,

Fulbright Professor

1973, Universidad de Buenos Aires / Lenguas Vivas / Profesorado Superior,

Fulbright Professor

1979, Universidad Catolica de Chile, Inter-American Development Bank

Professor

1985, Universidade Federal do Parana (Brazil), Fulbright Professor

1989, University of California-LA, Visiting Professor of Spanish

Publications:

* Sexual Textualities: Queer(ing) Latin American Literature. Forthcoming,

University of Texas Press, 1997.

* Violence in Argentina Literature; Cultural Responses to

Tyranny. University of Missouri Press, 1995.

* Cultural Diversity in Latin American Literature. University of New

Mexico Press, 1994.

* Latin American Writers on Gay and Lesbian Themes; A Bio-Bibliographical

Sourcebook. Greenwood Press, 1994.

* Contemporary Argentine Cinema. University of Missouri Press, 1992.

Membership Information:

* American Association of University Professors

* Hispanic Institute in the United States

* Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana

* Latin American Studies Association

* Modern Language Association of America

* Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association

Other Expertise:

Academic Experience:

Extensive grant review for the National Endowment for the Humanities, the

U.S. Office of Education, the Fulbright Program, numerous academic

presses. Regular experience in evaluating dossieres for tenure and

promotion at U.S. and Canadian institutions.

Language Skills:

French: Reading fluent, Writing functional, Speaking functional

Spanish: Reading fluent, Writing fluent, Speaking fluent

Portuguese: Reading fluent, Writing fluent, Speaking fluent

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Date: 23 Jan 2001 10:09:28 -0000

From: "Histsex:For historians of sexuality" <histsex-owner@listbot.com>

Subject: [histsex] Listowner message

Hello all - it's been rather quiet lately but things seem to be picking up

again. (Incidentally the listbot server was down for maintenance over the

weekend, which may have led to some delays in messages getting to the list)

Histsex is now just over 2 years old, and the membership is increasing to

expand, which is very gratifying.

The older archives (over a year old) which are no longer on the listbot

server are now available via the list homepage on on my website,

http://homepages.primex.co.uk/~lesleyah/listinf.htm. As a result of

editing these and converting them to html, please could I exhort

listmembers to quote only the relevant parts of messages responded to?

(and not the whole of extensive interchanges...)

I extend the usual invitation to new members to post an introduction to

the list about themselves and their interests in history of sexuality.

I also draw listmembers' attention to the History of Sexuality Research

details please contact me at lesleyah@primex.co.uk, not on list.

Lesley Hall

histsex-owner@listbot.com

lesleyah@primex.co.uk

___________________________________________________________________From: "Dalley-Crozier ,Dr Ivan" <i.dalley-crozier@wellcome.ac.uk>

Subject: RE: [histsex] reading on AIDS

Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 11:43:48 -0000

Hi Fran,

I think that one of the most interesting book on the science of AIDS (esp.

in the States) is Steven Epstein, Impure Science, Berkeley, 1996 (I

think)... good for the medical history aspects of the epidemic, and the way

it was initially treated.

Cheerio, Ivan

============================================

Ivan Crozier,

i.dalley-crozier@wellcome.ac.uk

"An entertaining essay might perhaps be

written on the sexlessness of historians;

but it would be entertaining and nothing

more: we do not know enough either about

the historians or sex."

--Lytton Strachey, 1931

___________________________________________________________________

From: "Lesley Hall" <lesleyah@primex.co.uk>

Subject: [histsex] CFP ECHSS The Hague 27 Feb-2 Mar 2002: sexuality thread

Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:12:18 -0000

Another posting for this (which I originally posted some months ago). As =

co-chair of the Sexuality Thread of the forthcoming 4th European =

Conference on Historical Social Sciences, I am still looking for offers =

of papers &/or complete sessions (2-3 speakers, commentator and chair) =

for this thread of the conference. Further details can be found at=20

http://www.iisg.nl/esshc/ The deadline for preliminary offers of papers =

is 1 March 2001. Do offer a paper even if you can't get together a =

session (or do post here looking for other people to make up a =

session...) Or contact me if you have further queries. This is a very =

lively conference which combines the virtues of a small specialised with =

a much larger conference.

Lesley

Lesley Hall

lesleyah@primex.co.uk

website http://homepages.primex.co.uk/~lesleyah

___________________________________________________________________Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 13:01:11 +0100

From: Gert Hekma <hekma@pscw.uva.nl>

Subject: Re: [histsex] History of sexuality in Latinamerica

Dear Pablo,

there are many people working on the history of sexuality in Latin America,

f.e. from Braziel (Luiz Mott), and I know of Horacio Sivori from Bueno

Aires who works on the history of the city's gay scene. His email was some

time ago:

horacio@filo.uba.ar

Greetings,

Gert Hekma

Gay and Lesbian Studies

Dpt of Sociology and Anthropology

University of Amsterdam

Oudezijds Achterburgwal 185

1012 DK Amsterdam

Phone: * 31 20 525 2226 or 6278877

Fax: * 31 20 525 3010

Email: hekma@pscw.uva.nl

Website: http://www.pscw.uva.nl/gl

___________________________________________________________________From: "Pablo Ben" <benpablo@hotmail.com>

Subject: Re: [histsex] History of sexuality in Latinamerica

Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 14:52:05 -0000

Dear Gert Hekma

Thanks a lot for the information. I have just e-mailed Horacio Sivori, but I would like to ask you Luiz Motts e-mail.Would you please give it to me? </P>

Thanks again.

Pablo Ben

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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:39:26 -0800 (PST)

From: Ann Mussey <bram@pdx.edu>

Subject: [histsex] planning a hist. sex course

Dear List Members,

I'm U.S. historian planning an undergraduate course on the history

of sexualities. I have a lot of background in U.S. women's and queer

histories, but I would like to expand my knowledge and create a

much broader course to include other regional contexts. Since I can't

become an "expert" over-night, I am considering creating a focus on

histories in perhaps two other regional contexts in addition to the U.S.,

such as Latin America (or maybe even narrower, like Brazil) and perhaps

China. I'd like some suggestions for readings, films etc. that will help

me give some non-U.S. centered history. Some of you may be experts on the

history of sexuality in African contexts or the Middle-East. Any

contributions you might make would be welcome as well.

Thanks, Ann Mussey

musseya@pdx.edu

___________________________________________________________________From: "Lesley Hall" <lesleyah@primex.co.uk>

Subject: Re: [histsex] planning a hist. sex course

Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 20:19:42 -0000

> I'm U.S. historian planning an undergraduate course on the history

>of sexualities. I have a lot of background in U.S. women's and queer

>histories, but I would like to expand my knowledge and create a

>much broader course to include other regional contexts. Since I can't

>become an "expert" over-night, I am considering creating a focus on

>histories in perhaps two other regional contexts in addition to the U.S.,

>such as Latin America (or maybe even narrower, like Brazil) and perhaps

>China.

Anna:

I'm sure you'll get suggestions about both of these areas, but might I put

in a plea for looking at Europe? Not only are there considerable contrasts

between Europe/N America, there are significant variations between different

European nations/cultures - I refer you here (plug!) to Eder, Hall and Hekma

(eds), Sexual Cultures in Europe: National Histories and Sexual Cultures in

Europe: Themes in Sexuality (Manchester UP, 1999); also, forthcoming,

Davidson and Hall (eds), Sex, Sin and Suffering: VD in European Social

Context since 1870 (Routledge, 2001). This might actually be stimulating

through demonstrating the differences that exist between closely related and

even adjacent cultures.

Lesley Hall

lesleyah@primex.co.uk

website http://homepages.primex.co.uk/~lesleyah

___________________________________________________________________From: "Pablo Ben" <benpablo@hotmail.com>

Subject: Re: [histsex] planning a hist. sex course

Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 03:53:17 -0000

Mime-Version: 1.0

About Brazil I would recomend the book by James Green, "Beyond Carnival", a history of masculine homosexuality in the Nineteenth Century. I can provide you his mail if you are interested.

Pablo Ben

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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 13:57:12 +0100

From: School for International Training <nlr@xs4all.nl>

Subject: Re: [histsex] History of sexuality in Latinamerica

thanks for sending me this info - i have subscribed to most of the lists

you sent me.

ginni

School for International Training

Groenburgwal 33hs

1011 HS Amsterdam

The Netherlands

31-20-420-2572

"Nobody made a greater mistake than s/he who did nothing, because s/he

could do only a little."

___________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 11:49:43 -0500

From: Sheila McManus <smcmanus@yorku.ca>

Subject: Re: [histsex] planning a hist. sex course

> I'm U.S. historian planning an undergraduate course on the history

>of sexualities. I have a lot of background in U.S. women's and queer

>histories, but I would like to expand my knowledge and create a

>much broader course to include other regional contexts. Since I can't

>become an "expert" over-night, I am considering creating a focus on

>histories in perhaps two other regional contexts in addition to the U.S.,

>such as Latin America (or maybe even narrower, like Brazil) and perhaps

>China. I'd like some suggestions for readings, films etc. that will help

>me give some non-U.S. centered history. Some of you may be experts on the

>history of sexuality in African contexts or the Middle-East. Any

>contributions you might make would be welcome as well.

> Thanks, Ann Mussey

> musseya@pdx.edu

Hi Ann,

I am curious as to why you aren't considering a "regional context" closer

to home, namely Canada? I am currently teaching a 4th-year comparative

seminar on the history of sexuality in Canada, the United States, and

Western Europe, and the similarities and differences make for some

fascinating discussion.

Regards,

Sheila

* * * * * * * * *

Sheila McManus

Ph.D. Candidate and Sessional Instructor

Department of History, York University

smcmanus@yorku.ca

___________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 15:29:51 -0500

From: "Roberto C. Ferrari" <rferrari@fau.edu>

Subject: [histsex] Christ & homosexuality

Members of this list have been so helpful with one another with citations,

etc. that I was wondering if perhaps anyone could recommend material that

addresses the issue of the image of Christ as a homosexual icon. I know

some people might consider this a somewhat heretical concept, but I know

I'm not the first one to write about this. Consider this an exploration in

iconographic representation, not a "queering" of Christ.

I'm thinking of ideas along the lines of martyrdom, religious ecstasy,

sadomasochistic desire, and other issues often explored in relation to

other gay religious icons such as St. Sebastian, David and Jonathan, etc.

I've recently identified some examples in creative format, such as Terrence

McNally's play "Corpus Christi" and Derek Jarman's film "The Garden" but I

have not as yet read/seen these works but intend to very soon. Another

perhaps less subtle example might be the film "Priest" as well.

While additional creative examples would be appreciated, I'm looking for

more critical discussions of such ideas. If anyone has any suggestions,

please let me know. Thanks in advance.

-- Roberto

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Roberto C. Ferrari

Head of Access Services

Arts & Humanities Librarian

Wimberly Library

Florida Atlantic University

777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton, FL 33431

PHONE: 561-297-3575

FAX: 561-338-3863

EMAIL: rferrari@fau.edu

WEB: http://www.fau.edu/library/people/rferrari.htm

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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 15:01:49 -0800 (PST)

From: Ann Mussey <bram@pdx.edu>

Subject: Re: [histsex] planning a hist. sex course

Sheila,

Someone also suggested that I consider European history as well.

I would like to work against the tendency to center Western histories.

While I'm sure the comparisons between Canada and the U.S. or Europe and

the U.S. are compelling, I would like students to have to move out of more

familiar contexts. I am clear that I don't want to "exoticize" the history

of Others, but to expand student knowledge of peoples with very different

histories.

Ann

___________________________________________________________________From: "Greg Reeder" <reeder@sirius.com>

Subject: Re: [histsex] Christ & homosexuality

Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 17:10:06 -0800

Dear Roberto,

For a historical perspective and to see just how long ago questions came up

see

"The Strange Case of the Secret Gospel According to Mark:

How Morton Smith's Discovery of a Lost Letter by

Clement of Alexandria Scandalized Biblical Scholarship"

by Shawn Eyer

This article was originally published in >Alexandria: The Journal for the

Western Cosmological Traditions<, volume 3 (1995), pp. 103-129 For the

entire article:

http://www.globaltown.com/shawn/secmark.html

I also recommend >Closet Devotions< , Richard Rambuss (Duke University,

1998.). This book discusses the body of Christ as object of devotion and

desire. Absolutely fascinating and profound.

Greg Reeder

reeder@sirius.com

http://www.egyptology.com/niankhkhnum_khnumhotep/

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Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 20:20:43 -0800 (PST)

From: Haiduk Press <haidukpress@yahoo.com>

Subject: Re: [histsex] Christ & homosexuality

I too am grateful for this information. I have heard

it said (but I have not looked it up) that there is a

segment in the Nag Hammadi scrolls in which it is

described how John went in to Jesus wearing only his

loin cloth, and how the two spent the next week in

seclusion. If anyone has a more precise citation I

would be very grateful to hear of it.

There is also a striking painting of the two in the

collection of the State Museum of Berlin, in a pose

that, to me at least, speaks of desire and passion,

not at all the Church's idea of passion. I do not have

the name of the painter, only that it dates from

1310-1320.

It may be hard to do the topic justice without a bit

of "queering." I have been planning for a while to do

a piece, "The Myth of Jesus Christ as Metaphor of Male

Love" since there seems to be enough historical

material to make a credible argument that others have

seen his [ahem, "His"] story in that light.

As for this being a heretic endeavor, let the Pope

cast the first stone!

Andrei

___________________________________________________________________From: "Greg Reeder" <reeder@sirius.com>

Subject: Re: [histsex] Christ & homosexuality

Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 21:27:55 -0800

Dear Andrei,

The story is not from the Nag Hammadi find but it is about Jesus and a

young man at Bethany dressed only in a loin cloth that Jsue raises from the

dead and then spends 6 days with him..(see also Mark 14:51-52 in your Bible

where another reference to a youth ( the same?) with Jesus is mentioned in

the Garden of Gethsemane dressed only in a linen cloth. ) I encourage you

to read the article about Morton Smith's discovery at:

http://www.globaltown.com/shawn/secmark.html

and see http://home.online.no/~noetic/secm.htm

and http://www.depts.drew.edu/jhc/fowler.html for "Identification of the

Bethany Youth in the Secret Gospel of Mark with other Figures Found in Mark

and John " by Miles Fowler

As for the Secret Gospel itself see:

http://www.kingcomputer.com.au/allsaints/study/Apocrypha/secm.htm

but the relevant part is this.

"They came to Bethany. There was one woman there whose brother had died. She

came and prostrated herself before Jesus and spoke to him. "Son of David,

pity me!" But the disciples rebuked her. Jesus was angry and went with her

into the garden where the tomb was. Immediately a great cry was heard from

the tomb. And going up to it, Jesus rolled the stone away from the door of

the tomb, and immediately went in where the young man was. Stretching out

his hand, he lifted him up, taking hold his hand. And the youth, looking

intently at him, loved him and started begging him to let him remain with

him. And going out of the tomb, they went into the house of the youth, for

he was rich. And after six days Jesus gave him an order and, at evening, the

young man came to him wearing nothing but a linen cloth. And he stayed with

him for the night, because Jesus taught him the mystery of the Kingdom of

God. And then when he left he went back to the other side of the Jordan."

Greg Reeder

reeder@sirius.com

http://www.egyptology.com/

___________________________________________________________________From: "Pablo Ben" <benpablo@hotmail.com>

Subject: [histsex] sexuality, gender and animal

Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 07:13:31 -0000

I would like to know if somebody knows how to find bibliography about the way gender and sexuality was represented through animals, monsters or any other creature at the end of the nineteenth century and beggining of the twentieth. I am working on sex and gender images in this period in Argentina, but any western reference would be good because Argentine intelectuals read a lot of European materials. I have just read Bram Dijkstra "Idols of perversity" and it was very useful to me, but the book only explores women images, and I would like to know more about about images, representations and associations where animals are implied but in "sexual inversion" (specially femenine, but not only).

If somebody can tell me something, it would be a great help for me.

Pablo

___________________________________________________________________

Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 09:58:03 -0500

From: "Roberto C. Ferrari" <rferrari@fau.edu>

Subject: [histsex] SSRA updated

The Simeon Solomon Research Archive has been updated. This archive is the

only known published repository of secondary source information on the

Victorian artist Simeon Solomon (1840-1905), whose art and literature have

been noted by scholars for their Judaic subjects, Pre-Raphaelite,

Aesthetic, and Symbolist influences, and gender/homosexually-themed

subjects. Some of the latest enhancements to the site include:

** a biographical timeline of Solomon's life

** the beginning of a chronological listing of all of his visual works,

including links to digital copies of his works on the Internet

** a total of 112 secondary sources from 1860 to 2000, 28 of which did not

appear in the print edition of the bibliography; all secondary sources from

1860-1905 and 1990-2000 have been fully annotated, with select annotations

for other sources

** 11 full-text documents transcribed from original secondary sources

dating from 1860 to 1933

To access the research archive, please visit http://www.fau.edu/solomon/.

==================================================

Roberto C. Ferrari

Head of Access Services

Arts & Humanities Librarian

Wimberly Library

Florida Atlantic University

777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton, FL 33431

PHONE: 561-297-3575

FAX: 561-338-3863

EMAIL: rferrari@fau.edu

WEB: http://www.fau.edu/library/people/rferrari.htm

==================================================

___________________________________________________________________From: "Philip Stokes" <philip.stokes@btinternet.com>

Subject: Re: [histsex] Christ & homosexuality

Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 20:28:58 -0000

Roberto,

Only half a reference I'm afraid - but I have a sort of race memory from my

postgrad days of being shown some drawings said to be by Sergei Eisenstein,

showing Christ crucified and receiving homosexual attentions. Probably they

would have been sourced from a biog of SE. I seem to remember they got him

into trouble, and probably had some direct connection with his Mexican

period. Sorry I can't do more to track them/confirm existence right now.

Regards,

Philip Stokes

philip.stokes@btinternet.com

___________________________________________________________________Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 11:55:46 +0100 (MET)

From: <a2534304@Smail.Uni-Koeln.de>

Subject: [histsex] Online-Bibliographies

I just want to announce a new online project:

ONLINE-BIBLIOGRAPHIES FOR HISTORIANS: A DIRECTORY

<http://www.geocities.com/history_guide/ebib/ebib.html>

It is a link collection to bibliographies and publication lists in the

field of history that are available online, and aims to provide an easy

access to them. There are alphabetical, chronological, geographical and

topical indexes, and one for publication lists of historians. There is

also a subdirectory for history of sexuality (with "only" two entries at

the moment).

If you know other bibliographies that are available online and not added

till now, please inform me either by e-mail:

<mailto:a2534304@smail.uni-koeln.de> or use the suggestion form on the

website of the directory.

Best regards,

Stefan Blaschke.

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