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Queer Nation?
From: In a Queer Country
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"Queer Nation?" offer s an historical overview of gay and lesbian practices in Canada, with some suggestions that they reflect a nation al character. The approach of the article was shaped for its original general audience, its intention less to prove an argument than to posit a certain model. Histories of gay and lesbian cultures in Canada are scarce. The only one to offer a glimpse into the full range of Canadian experiences is Gary Kinsman’s The Regulation of Homo and Hetero Sexualities (Montreal : Black Rose Books, 1996) but even that emphasizes less the history than Kinsman’s thesis on social regulation. As the question mark suggests, "Queer Nation?" tests a possible Canadian homosexual tradition."Queer Nation?" offer s an historical overview of gay and lesbian practices in Canada, with some suggestions that they reflect a nation al character. The approach of the article was shaped for its original general audience, its intention less to prove an argument than to posit a certain model. Histories of gay and lesbian cultures in Canada are scarce. The only one to offer a glimpse into the full range of Canadian experiences is Gary Kinsman’s The Regulation of Homo and Hetero Sexualities (Montreal : Black Rose Books, 1996) but even that emphasizes less the history than Kinsman’s thesis on social regulation. As the question mark suggests, "Queer Nation?" tests a possible Canadian homosexual tradition.
Contributors
Terry Goldie
Terry Goldie is the author of the memoir queersexlife (Arsenal Pulp Press) and the editor of the anthology In a Queer Country: Gay & Lesbian Studies in the Canadian Context (Arsenal Pulp Press). His other books include Pink Snow: Homotextual Possibilities in Canadian Fiction (Broadview 2003), and Fear and Temptation: The Image of the Indigene in Canadian, Australian and New Zealand Literatures (McGill-Queen's, 1989). He is a professor of English at York University in Toronto, where he teaches Canadian and postcolonial literature with particular interest in gay studies and literary theory. Terry Goldie is the author of the memoir queersexlife (Arsenal Pulp Press) and the editor of the anthology In a Queer Country: Gay & Lesbian Studies in the Canadian Context (Arsenal Pulp Press). His other books include Pink Snow: Homotextual Possibilities in Canadian Fiction (Broadview 2003), and Fear and Temptation: The Image of the Indigene in Canadian, Australian and New Zealand Literatures (McGill-Queen's, 1989). He is a professor of English at York University in Toronto, where he teaches Canadian and postcolonial literature with particular interest in gay studies and literary theory.
