Queering Gay Tourism as Activism: Guy Hocquenghem’s Political Journey in the United States
Consistent with Guy Hocquenghem’s reluctance in Le désir homosexuel (1972) to identify fully as a homosexual while being one, his travel guide entitled Le gay voyage (1980) uses the trend of gay tourism while denouncing its contributions to capitalism and normativity. Focusing on the entries dedicat...
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| description | Consistent with Guy Hocquenghem’s reluctance in Le désir homosexuel (1972) to identify fully as a homosexual while being one, his travel guide entitled Le gay voyage (1980) uses the trend of gay tourism while denouncing its contributions to capitalism and normativity. Focusing on the entries dedicated to New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, this article shows how the guide politicizes the ways in which homosexuals in the United States have been inventing new ways of life, which, in the words of Jack Halberstam, elaborate queer understandings of time and space that can inspire the aftermath of the sexual revolution while resisting homonormativity. |
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| title | Queering Gay Tourism as Activism: Guy Hocquenghem’s Political Journey in the United States |
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