Making it Ours: Queering the Canon |
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... identity , I am well aware that I have obscured many individual differences and ignored the possibility of the person who has come out to himself and maybe to his closest associates ( and sex partners ) but chooses a heterosexual life ...
... identity , I am well aware that I have obscured many individual differences and ignored the possibility of the person who has come out to himself and maybe to his closest associates ( and sex partners ) but chooses a heterosexual life ...
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... identity . The mask is a type of closet . As a physical object , the mask hides the face of the wearer so that the onlooker cannot see it . David Napier has argued that the mask negotiates an area between what is and what is make ...
... identity . The mask is a type of closet . As a physical object , the mask hides the face of the wearer so that the onlooker cannot see it . David Napier has argued that the mask negotiates an area between what is and what is make ...
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... identity , he can engage in behavior that he otherwise may avoid or even con- demn without feeling the moral consequences of his activity . Nevertheless , we sense the " wrongness ” of the mask when we question why a good man should ...
... identity , he can engage in behavior that he otherwise may avoid or even con- demn without feeling the moral consequences of his activity . Nevertheless , we sense the " wrongness ” of the mask when we question why a good man should ...
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Overview | 1 |
Seizing the Erotic | 23 |
The Sexual Predator | 47 |
Copyright | |
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