Tag: sexuality

Same-Sex Romance and the Retreat from Reconstruction

The following is a guest post from Andrew Donnelly, assistant professor of English at the University of Memphis and author of Confederate Sympathies: Same-Sex Romance, Disunion, and Reunion in the Civil War Era, which is now available wherever books are sold. The national retreat from Reconstruction—the abandonment, especially by white Northerners, in the face of white Southern resistance, of the… Continue Reading Same-Sex Romance and the Retreat from Reconstruction

Civil War/Gender Studies/Guest Bloggers/LGBT Studies

January 25, 2023

Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists

The following is an excerpt from Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists: Queer Women in the Urban South by La Shonda Mims, available wherever books are sold. Writing candidly about her struggles to understand sexuality, Carson McCullers identified herself as a sexual invert. She sought inspiration in the work of sexologist Havelock Ellis, who was active in an early twentieth-century community of… Continue Reading Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists

Excerpts/LGBT Studies

Troy R. Saxby: What’s in a Name? Pauli Murray’s Many Identities

Today we welcome a guest post from Troy R. Saxby, author of Pauli Murray: A Personal and Political Life, out now from UNC Press. The Rev. Dr. Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray (1910–1985) was a trailblazing social activist, writer, lawyer, civil rights organizer, and campaigner for gender rights. In the 1930s and 1940s, she was active in radical left-wing political groups… Continue Reading Troy R. Saxby: What’s in a Name? Pauli Murray’s Many Identities

African American History/African American Studies/Author blog entry/Biography / Autobiography/Gay / Lesbian Studies/Gender Studies/Guest Bloggers/History/UNC Press News

February 19, 2020

Taylor Petrey: Are Mormons Feminists Now?

Today we welcome a guest post from Taylor G. Petrey, author of Tabernacles of Clay: Sexuality and Gender in Modern Mormonism, forthcoming from UNC Press. Taylor G. Petrey’s trenchant history takes a landmark step forward in documenting and theorizing about Latter-day Saints (LDS) teachings on gender, sexual difference, and marriage. Drawing on deep archival research, Petrey situates LDS doctrines in… Continue Reading Taylor Petrey: Are Mormons Feminists Now?

Christian Studies/Gay / Lesbian Studies/Gender Studies/Religion/UNC Press Authors/UNC Press News

Carrie Hamilton: New Cuban Women

At first glance, the stories of Cuban women in heterosexual relationships seem to confirm clichés about the island’s machismo. But interviews with other men and women tell a subtler story. They show that the Revolution has changed gender relations, even if some patterns are hard to break. Continue Reading Carrie Hamilton: New Cuban Women

Author blog entry/Cuba/Gay / Lesbian Studies/Gender Studies/Guest Bloggers/Sociology/Women's Studies