Disturbing Practices

History, Sexuality, and Women's Experience of Modern War

Laura Doan (State University of New York, USA)

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English

University of Chicago Press
01 May 2013

Social & cultural history; Gender studies: women; Lesbian studies

For decades, the history of sexuality has been a multidisciplinary

project serving competing agendas. Lesbian, gay, and queer scholars have

produced powerful narratives by tracing the homosexual or queer

subject as continuous or discontinuous. Yet organizing historical work

around categories of identity as normal or abnormal often obscures how

sexual matters were known or talked about in the past. Set against the

backdrop of women’s work experiences, friendships, and communities

during World War I, Disturbing Practices draws on a substantial

body of new archival material to expose the roadblocks still present in

current practices and imagine new alternatives.

In this

landmark book, Laura Doan clarifies the ethical value and political

purpose of identity history—and indeed its very capacity to give rise to

innovative practices borne of sustained exchange between queer studies

and critical history. Disturbing Practices insists on taking

seriously the imperative to step outside the logic of identity to

address questions as yet unasked about the modern sexual past.

By: Laura Doan (State University of New York USA)
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 23mm, Width: 16mm, Spine: 2mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780226001616
ISBN 10: 022600161X
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 01 May 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Laura Doan is professor of cultural history and sexuality studies at the University of Manchester. She is the author of Fashioning Sapphism: The Origins of a Modern English Lesbian Culture and editor of Sexology in Culture: Labelling Bodies and Desires, among other books.

Reviews for Disturbing Practices: History, Sexuality, and Women's Experience of Modern War

Disturbing Practices stands comparison to the very best work in sexuality studies. Empirically rich and rigorous, it represents a challenging and groundbreaking intervention in the field. (Matt Houlbrook, author of Queer London)