Reclaiming Sodom

by Goldberg Jonath, Jonath Goldberg, Jonathan Goldberg

Book Overview

Within the Judeo-Christian tradition, Sodom and Gomorrah represent locales in which threats to national formation are couched in sexual terms. The biblical narrative insists on a particular social invisibility for those sexual activities not blessed by the bonds of matrimony.

Reclaiming Sodom surveys a number of institutions that have had an interest in perpetuating these views: the police, the state, the church and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415907551
• ISBN13: 9780415907552
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

At least one brilliant essay...

...There's at least one brilliant essay in this anthology, Leo Bersani's "Is the Rectum a Grave?" Neverminding how colourful that title is, it's a serious piece of writing, and very thought provoking. I'm straight, but was compelled to deeply question the construction of my own sexuality (and that of masculine sexuality in general) by this work, which looks at homophobia in light of feminist theories about phallocentric vs. nonphallocentric, "passive" forms of sexuality. It's been a long time since I've read it, but it fascinated me years ago and remains memorable -- a good reason to recommend this book, which I imagine is the only place said essay is still in print. As for the rest of the authors in this text, my apologies -- I don't remember if I read a single one of the other essays!