Abstract:ABSTRACT. In the anthology Queer Shame, edited by David M. Halperin and ValerieTraub, "the personal and the social shame attached to eroticism" is taken to task in relation to the larger contemporary discourse surrounding gay pride (understood in terms of activism and cultural production), while being seen as a defining characteristic of queer history, culture and identity. Shame, as theorized by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Halperin and others, is predicated on a larger issue of queer people's access to discursive … Show more
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