Changing of the Guard : Lesbian and Gay Elders, Identity, and Social Change

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Changing of the Guard : Lesbian and Gay Elders, Identity, and Social Change

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  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版/ページ数 264 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9781592130313
  • DDC分類 306.7660973

Full Description

One of the first books to link identity, age, and gender, The Changing of the Guard offers a significant meditation on the politics of older lesbians and gays. Combining interviews and sustained critical thought, Rosenfeld links the development of lesbian and gay elders' identity with the key moments in the 20th century reinvention of homosexuality. In doing so, she bridges the gap between history and interaction that has characterizedand constrainedprevious studies of identity.

Rosenfeld first summarizes the meaning of homosexuality that prevailed when her subjects came of age and the radical changes it underwent during their middle years. She uses these changes to trace the paths they took toward one of two homosexual identities: a discreditable one adopted before the advent of gay liberation, or an accredited one, adopted during and through those momentous years. She theorizes that there is the existence of two distinct identity "cohorts," shaped by a willingness or resistance to accept the historical forces at work on lesbian and gay identity. Such decisions on identities, Rosenfeld argues, strongly shaped her subjects in later life, specifically their understanding of the nature of homosexuals and their implications for relations with other people, straight and gay alike, as well as for standards of "homosexual competence" they use to assess their own and others' enactment of homosexuality.

An important book that challenges research on identity and identity formation, The Changing of the Guard rethinks how we have come to understand the meaning of homosexuality. Author note:

Dana Rosenfeld is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Colorado College.

Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction: The Distinctiveness of Lesbian and Gay Elders 1. "I Didn't Have Identity": Same-Sex Desire and the Search for Meaning 2. "I Picked Up That I Was Gay" 3. Biography and History: From Identity Careers to Identity Cohorts 4. "Dangerous Territory": The Heterosexual World 5. Homosexual Competence and Relations with Heterosexuals 6. Contingencies and Challenges Conclusion: Challenges and Opportunities Appendix: Informant Profiles Notes Bibliography Index