An Open Library & The Fundamentals of Reading:
Recommended Reading (& Watching)
Last Updated May 2021
More to be added to each section, as my research progresses.
Gender
Dawson, J (2017). Gender Games. London, UK: Two Roads
Butler, J. (1990). Gender Trouble: Feminism and the subversion of identity. New York, USA; London, UK: Routledge.
Butler, J. (2004). Undoing Gender. New York, USA: Routledge.
Butler, J. (1993). Bodies that matter: on the discursive limits of “sex.” London, UK; New York, USA: Routledge.
Goodman, L. ed. (1998) The Routledge Reader in Gender and Performance. New York, USA: Routledge.
Mangan, M. (2003) Staging Masculintiies: History, Gender, Performance. New York, USA: Palgrave Macmillan.
Centre for Gender Identity (2009) Diagram of Sex & Gender. Oxford, UK.
Bornstein, K. (2013) My New Gender Workbook: A Step-by-step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy & Sex Positivity. USA: Routledge.
Gay, R. (2014) Bad Feminist: Essays. London, UK: Corsair.
Az Hakeem (2018). Trans : exploring gender identity and gender dysphoria: a guide for everyone (including professionals). Nottinghamshire, Uk: Trigger Press.
Lev, M. (2019). The A-Z of gender and sexuality : from Ace to Ze. London ; Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Burns, C. (2019). Trans Britain : our journey from the shadows. London: Unbound.
D’atri, A. and Flakin, N. (2021). Bread and roses : gender and class under capitalism. London: Pluto Press.
Klosowska, A. (2021) TRANS HISTORICAL : gender plurality before the modern. S.L.: Cornell University Press.
Devun, L. (2021). The shape of sex : nonbinary gender from genesis to the renaissance. New York: Columbia University Press.
County, J. (2021). Man Enough To Be A Woman. S.L.: Profile Books Ltd.
Moran, C. (2021). More Than A Woman. S.L.: Ebury Press.
Harry, A. (2020). Gender rebels : 50 influential cross-dressers, impersonators, name-changers, & game-changers. Rearsby, Leicester: W.F. Howes Ltd.
Dawson, J. (2021). What’s the T?: The no-nonsense guide to being trans and/or non-binary for teens. Hachette Children’s Group.
Brodman, J.Z. (2017). Sex rules! : astonishing sexual practices and gender roles around the world. Coral Gables, Fl: Mango Publishing.
Sexuality
Abraham, A. (2019) Queer Intentions: A (Personal) Journey Through LGBTQ+ Culture. London, UK: Picador.
Kinsey, A. (1948) Sexual Behaviour In The Human Male. USA: Saunders.
Canterella, E. (2002) Bisexuality In The Ancient World. USA: Yale University Press.
Hagen, D. (2011). Queering the way : the Loud and Queer anthology. Victoria, B.C., Canada: Brindle & Glass.
Lev, M. (2019). The A-Z of gender and sexuality : from Ace to Ze. London ; Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Baker, P. and Stanley, J. (2016). Hello sailor ! : the hidden history of gay life at sea. London: Routledge.
Crisp, Q. (2008). Resident alien. London: Flamingo.
Baker, P. (2004). Fantabulosa : a dictionary of Polari and gay slang. London: Continuum.
Aldrich, R. and Wotherspoon, G. (2002). Who’s who in contemporary gay and lesbian history. New York: Routledge.
Aldrich, R.F. and Wotherspoon, G. (2002). Who’s who in gay and lesbian history : from antiquity to World War II. London: Routledge.
Aldrich, R. (2012). Gay life stories. London: Thames & Hudson.
Aldrich, R. (2012). Gay lives. New York: Thames & Hudson, Cop.
Aldrich, R. (2003). Colonialism and homosexuality. London ; New York: Routledge.
Badgett, L. (2021). ECONOMIC CASE FOR LGBT EQUALITY : why fair and equal treatment benefits us all. S.L.: Beacon.
Lecklider, A. (2021). Love’s next meeting : the forgotten history of homosexuality and the left in American culture. Oakland, California: University Of California Press.
Dawson, J. (2014). This book is gay. London: Hot Key Books.
Brodman, J.Z. (2017). Sex rules! : astonishing sexual practices and gender roles around the world. Coral Gables, Fl: Mango Publishing.
Phillips, K.M. (2013) Sex Before Sexuality : a Premodern History. Oxford: Wiley.
Jennings, R. (2007). A lesbian history of Britain : love and sex between women since 1500. Oxford, England ; Westport, Conn.: Greenwood World Pub.
Barker, M.J. and Scheele, J. (2021). Sexuality : a graphic guide. London: Icon Books.
Alexander, J. and Anderlini-D’onofrio, S. (2014). Bisexuality and queer theory : intersections, connections and challenges. London ; New York: Routledge.
Kahan, B. (2019). The book of minor perverts : sexology, etiology, and the emergences of sexuality. Chicago: The University Of Chicago Press.
Jinthana Haritaworn, Adi Kuntsman and Posocco, S. (2015). Queer necropolitics. London: Routledge. Mogul, J.L., Ritchie, A.J. and Whitlock, K. (2012). Queer (in)justice : the criminalization of LGBT people in the United States. Boston, Mass: Beacon ; Enfield.
Drag
Heller, M. (2020). Queering drag: redefining the discourse of gender-bending. Indiana, USA: Indiana University Press.
Kempt, H & Volpert, M. ed. (2020). RuPaul’s Drag Race And Philosophy: Sissy That Thought. Chicago, USA: Open Court.
Brennan, N & Gudelunas, D. ed. (2017) RuPaul’s Drag Race and The Shifting Visibility of Drag Culture. London, UK: Springer International.
Mattel, T & Zamolodchikova, K. (2020) Trixie and Katya’s Guide To Modern Womanhood. London, UK: Penguin Random House.
Velour, S. (2018) Nightgowns. Directed by Sasha & Johnny Velour. National Sawdust, Brooklyn, New York. [14th March].
Paris Is Burning. (1991) [Film] Directed by Jennie Livingston. New York, USA. Academy Entertainment, Off White Productions.
RuPaul’s Drag Race (2009-present) VH1, LogoTV, World Of Wonder.
Dragula (2016-present) OutTV.
Le Freak, Felix. (2020) Serving Face: Lessons on poise and (dis)grace from the world of drag. London, UK: DK.
Fitzgerald, T & Marquez, L. (2020) Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul’s Drag Race & The Last Century of Queer Life. New York, USA: Penguin Random House.
DeCaro, F. (2019) Drag: Combing Through the Big Wigs of Show Business. New York, USA: Rizzoli.
Logan, C. ed. (2014) dr.a.g. Vancouver, Canada: Bookthefilm.
Velour, J. ed. (2018) Velour: The Drag Magazine (Collected Issues 1-3). New York, USA: The House of Velour.
Doonan, S. (2019) Drag: The Complete Story London, UK: Laurence King Publishing.
Edward, M & Farrier, S. ed. (2020) Contemporary Drag Practices & Performers: Drag In A Changing Scene, Volume 1. London, UK: Bloomsbury.
Baker, R. (1968) Drag. London, UK: Triton.
Baker, R. (1994) Drag. London, UK: Triton.
Bailey, G. (2018) Alright Darling? The Contemporary Drag Scene. London, UK: Laurence King Publishing.
Del Rio, B. (2018) Blame It On Bianca Del Rio. London, UK: Ebury.
Skyy, B.A. (2019) How To Be A Drag Queen: A guidebook for female drag queens & emerging drag artists. Published by author.
Charles, R. (2018) GuRu. London, UK: Sphere.
Underwood, P. (1974) Life’s A Drag! Danny LaRue and The Drag Scene. London, UK: Self-published.
O’Grady, P. (2017) ‘Gay Britannia’. Hunte, B. BBC Radio 4/Pink News. [2nd August]
Volpert, M.A. (2020). Closet cases : queers on what we wear. Little Rock, Arkansas: Et Alia Press.
Barrett, R. (2017). From drag queens to leathermen : language, gender, and gay male subcultures. New York, Ny: Oxford University Press.
McGlotten, S. (2021). Dragging, or, The political aesthetics of drag. London: Routledge.
Performance
Sontag, S. (1966). Against interpretation and other essays. New York, USA: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Velour, S. (2018) Nightgowns. Directed by Sasha & Johnny Velour. National Sawdust, Brooklyn, New York. [14th March].
Edward, M & Farrier, S. ed. (2020) Contemporary Drag Practices & Performers: Drag In A Changing Scene, Volume 1. London, UK: Bloomsbury.
Goodman, L. ed. (1998) The Routledge Reader in Gender and Performance. New York, USA: Routledge.
Mangan, M. (2003) Staging Masculinities: History, Gender, Performance. New York, USA: Palgrave Macmillan.
Underwood, P. (1974) Life’s A Drag! Danny LaRue and The Drag Scene. London, UK: Self-published.
Johnston, L. (2008). Queering tourism : paradoxical performances at gay pride parades. London; New York: Routledge.
Wiltshire, K. and Cowan, B. (2018). Scenes from the revolution : making political theatre 1968-2018. Ormskirk Edge Hill University Press London Pluto Press.
Young, T. (2021) Queer And Feminist Theories Of Narrative. S.L.: Routledge.
McGlotten, S. (2021). Dragging, or, The political aesthetics of drag. London: Routledge.
Butler, J. (2021). EXCITABLE SPEECH : a politics of the performative. S.L.: Routledge.
Moore, M. (2018) Fabulous: The Rise of The Beauitful Eccentric. USA: Yale University Press.
Mangan, M. (2003) Staging Masculintiies: History, Gender, Performance. New York, USA: Palgrave Macmillan.
Hagen, D. (2011). Queering the way : the Loud and Queer anthology. Victoria, B.C., Canada: Brindle & Glass.
Harry, A. (2020). Gender rebels : 50 influential cross-dressers, impersonators, name-changers, & game-changers. Rearsby, Leicester: W.F. Howes Ltd.
More to be added soon.
Glam Rock
Fitzgerald, T & Marquez, L. (2020) Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul’s Drag Race & The Last Century of Queer Life. New York, USA: Penguin Random House.
McCann, H & Monaghan, W. (2020) Queer Theory Now: From Foundations to Futures. London, UK: Red Globe Press.
Doonan, S. (2019) Drag: The Complete Story London, UK: Laurence King Publishing.
Baker, R. (1968) Drag. London, UK: Triton.
Ackroyd, P. (2017) Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the present day. London, UK: Vintage.
Mangan, M. (2003) Staging Masculintiies: History, Gender, Performance. New York, USA: Palgrave Macmillan.
Underwood, P. (1974) Life’s A Drag! Danny LaRue and The Drag Scene. London, UK: Self-published.
Pose (2018-present) Netflix.
Canterella, E. (2002) Bisexuality In The Ancient World. USA: Yale University Press.
Shopland, N. (2021). A practical guide to searching LGBTQIA historical records. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, Ny: Routledge.
Baker, P. (2004). Polari - The Lost Language of Gay Men : the Lost Language of Gay Men. Florence: Taylor And Francis.
Baker, P. and Stanley, J. (2016). Hello sailor ! : the hidden history of gay life at sea. London: Routledge.
Burns, C. (2019). Trans Britain : our journey from the shadows. London: Unbound.
Baker, P. (2004). Fantabulosa : a dictionary of Polari and gay slang. London: Continuum.
Aldrich, R. and Wotherspoon, G. (2002). Who’s who in contemporary gay and lesbian history. New York: Routledge.
Aldrich, R.F. and Wotherspoon, G. (2002). Who’s who in gay and lesbian history : from antiquity to World War II. London: Routledge.
Bergeron, D.M. (1999). King James & letters of homoerotic desire. Iowa City: University Of Iowa Press.
Klosowska, A. (2021) TRANS HISTORICAL : gender plurality before the modern. S.L.: Cornell University Press.
Walther, E.H. (2022). Harvey Milk : the public face of gay rights politics. London: Routledge.
Lecklider, A. (2021). Love’s next meeting : the forgotten history of homosexuality and the left in American culture. Oakland, California: University Of California Press.
Harry, A. (2020). Gender rebels : 50 influential cross-dressers, impersonators, name-changers, & game-changers. Rearsby, Leicester: W.F. Howes Ltd.
Goldhill, S. (2017). A very queer family indeed : sex, religion, and the Bensons in Victorian Britain. Chicago, Ill. ; London: University Of Chicago Press.
Riddell, F. (2021). Sex : a brief history. London: Hodder & Stoughton.
Phillips, K.M. (2013) Sex Before Sexuality : a Premodern History. Oxford: Wiley.
Jennings, R. (2007). A lesbian history of Britain : love and sex between women since 1500. Oxford, England ; Westport, Conn.: Greenwood World Pub.
Hicks, D. (2020). BRUTISH MUSEUMS : the benin bronzes, colonial violence and cultural restitution. Pluto Press.
Schulman, S. (2021). Let the record show : a political history of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993. New York: Farrar, Straus And Giroux.
History
Drake, I. (2020). York - A Rare Insight. Destinworld Publishing.
Yorkshire
Butler, J. (1993). Bodies that matter: on the discursive limits of “sex.” London, UK; New York, USA: Routledge.
Bornstein, K. (2013) My New Gender Workbook: A Step-by-step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy & Sex Positivity. USA: Routledge.
Burns, C. (2019). Trans Britain : our journey from the shadows. London: Unbound.
Orenstein, P. (2020). Boys & sex : young men on hook-ups, love, porn, consent and navigating the new masculinity. Editorial: London: Souvenir Press.
Klosowska, A. (2021) TRANS HISTORICAL : gender plurality before the modern. S.L.: Cornell University Press.
Devun, L. (2021). The shape of sex : nonbinary gender from genesis to the renaissance. New York: Columbia University Press.
County, J. (2021). Man Enough To Be A Woman. S.L.: Profile Books Ltd.
Dawson, J. (2021). What’s the T?: The no-nonsense guide to being trans and/or non-binary for teens. Hachette Children’s Group.
Brodman, J.Z. (2017). Sex rules! : astonishing sexual practices and gender roles around the world. Coral Gables, Fl: Mango Publishing.
Riddell, F. (2021). Sex : a brief history. London: Hodder & Stoughton.
Phillips, K.M. (2013) Sex Before Sexuality : a Premodern History. Oxford: Wiley.
Kahan, B. (2019). The book of minor perverts : sexology, etiology, and the emergences of sexuality. Chicago: The University Of Chicago Press.
Sex
Heller, M. (2020). Queering drag: redefining the discourse of gender-bending. Indiana, USA: Indiana University Press.
Fitzgerald, T & Marquez, L. (2020) Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul’s Drag Race & The Last Century of Queer Life. New York, USA: Penguin Random House.
McCann, H & Monaghan, W. (2020) Queer Theory Now: From Foundations to Futures. London, UK: Red Globe Press.
Ackroyd, P. (2017) Queer City: Gay London form the Romans to the present day. London, UK: Vintage.
Halberstam, J. (2011) The Queer Art Of Failure. California, USA: Duke University Press.
Hall, D.E. ed. (2013) The Routledge Queer Studies Reader. New York, USA: Routledge.
Abraham, A. (2019) Queer Intentions: A (Personal) Journey Through LGBTQ+ Culture. London, UK: Picador.
Hagen, D. (2011). Queering the way : the Loud and Queer anthology. Victoria, B.C., Canada: Brindle & Glass.
Johnston, L. (2008). Queering tourism : paradoxical performances at gay pride parades. London; New York: Routledge.
Volpert, M.A. (2013). This assignment is so gay : LGBTQ poets on the art of teaching. Alexander, Ark.: Sibling Rivalry Press.
Volpert, M.A. (2020). Closet cases : queers on what we wear. Little Rock, Arkansas: Et Alia Press.
Barrett, R. (2017). From drag queens to leathermen : language, gender, and gay male subcultures. New York, Ny: Oxford University Press.
Baker, P. (2004). Polari - The Lost Language of Gay Men : the Lost Language of Gay Men. Florence: Taylor And Francis.
Crisp, Q. (2008). Resident alien. London: Flamingo.
Aldrich, R. (2012). Gay life stories. London: Thames & Hudson.
Aldrich, R. (2012). Gay lives. New York: Thames & Hudson, Cop.
Young, T. (2021) Queer And Feminist Theories Of Narrative. S.L.: Routledge.
Fishzon, A. and Lieber, E. (2021). The Queerness of Childhood Essays from the Other Side of the Looking Glass. Palgrave Macmillan.
Badgett, L. (2021). ECONOMIC CASE FOR LGBT EQUALITY : why fair and equal treatment benefits us all. S.L.: Beacon.
Potter, S. (2018). Making spaces safer : a pocket guide. Chico California: To The Point.
Goldhill, S. (2017). A very queer family indeed : sex, religion, and the Bensons in Victorian Britain. Chicago, Ill. ; London: University Of Chicago Press.
Alexander, J. and Anderlini-D’onofrio, S. (2014). Bisexuality and queer theory : intersections, connections and challenges. London ; New York: Routledge.
Spargo, T. (1999). Foucault and queer theory. Duxford Icon.
Jinthana Haritaworn, Adi Kuntsman and Posocco, S. (2015). Queer necropolitics. London: Routledge.
Mogul, J.L., Ritchie, A.J. and Whitlock, K. (2012). Queer (in)justice : the criminalization of LGBT people in the United States. Boston, Mass: Beacon ; Enfield.
Lewis, H.M. (2016). The politics of everybody : feminism, queer theory, and Marxism at the intersection. London: Zed Books.
Queer
McCann, H & Monaghan, W. (2020) Queer Theory Now: From Foundations to Futures. London, UK: Red Globe Press.
George, A. (2021). Make It Happen: How To Be An Activist. UK: HQ.
Wiltshire, K. and Cowan, B. (2018). Scenes from the revolution : making political theatre 1968-2018. Ormskirk Edge Hill University Press London Pluto Press.
McGlotten, S. (2021). Dragging, or, The political aesthetics of drag. London: Routledge.
Walther, E.H. (2022). Harvey Milk : the public face of gay rights politics. London: Routledge.
Harry, A. (2020). Gender rebels : 50 influential cross-dressers, impersonators, name-changers, & game-changers. Rearsby, Leicester: W.F. Howes Ltd.
Potter, S. (2018). Making spaces safer : a pocket guide. Chico California: To The Point.
Lewis, H.M. (2016). The politics of everybody : feminism, queer theory, and Marxism at the intersection. London: Zed Books.
Schulman, S. (2021). Let the record show : a political history of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993. New York: Farrar, Straus And Giroux.
Activism
Husserl, E., Dermot Moran and Ralph, W. (2012). Ideas : general introduction to pure phenomenology. London Etc.: Routledge.
Jung, C.G. (2006). Dreams. London : Routledge.
Jung, C.G. (2003). Four archetypes : mother, rebirth, spirit, trickster. London: Routledge.
Jung, C.G. (2001). Modern man in search of a soul. London: Routledge.
Stein, M. (2006). Jung’s map of the soul : an introduction. Chicago, Ill.: Open Court.
Jung, C.G. (2008). The undiscovered self. Routledge.
Spargo, T. (1999). Foucault and queer theory. Duxford Icon.
Philosophy
Comedy bibliography section coming soon!