The Glass Closet

The Glass Closet
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 194
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ISBN-10 : 9780062316981
ISBN-13 : 0062316982
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Glass Closet by : John Browne

Download or read book The Glass Closet written by John Browne and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part memoir and part social criticism, The Glass Closet addresses the issue of homophobia that still pervades corporations around the world and underscores the immense challenges faced by LGBT employees. In The Glass Closet, Lord John Browne, former CEO of BP, seeks to unsettle business leaders by exposing the culture of homophobia that remains rampant in corporations around the world, and which prevents employees from showing their authentic selves. Drawing on his own experiences, and those of prominent members of the LGBT community around the world, as well as insights from well-known business leaders and celebrities, Lord Browne illustrates why, despite the risks involved, self-disclosure is best for employees—and for the businesses that support them. Above all, The Glass Closet offers inspiration and support for those who too often worry that coming out will hinder their chances of professional success.

Nobody Is Supposed to Know

Nobody Is Supposed to Know
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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages : 172
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ISBN-10 : 9781452940915
ISBN-13 : 1452940916
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Nobody Is Supposed to Know by : C. Riley Snorton

Download or read book Nobody Is Supposed to Know written by C. Riley Snorton and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the early 2000s, the phenomenon of the “down low”—black men who have sex with men as well as women and do not identify as gay, queer, or bisexual—has exploded in news media and popular culture, from the Oprah Winfrey Show to R & B singer R. Kelly’s hip hopera Trapped in the Closet. Most down-low stories are morality tales in which black men are either predators who risk infecting their unsuspecting female partners with HIV or victims of a pathological black culture that repudiates openly gay identities. In both cases, down-low narratives depict black men as sexually dangerous, duplicitous, promiscuous, and contaminated. In Nobody Is Supposed to Know, C. Riley Snorton traces the emergence and circulation of the down low in contemporary media and popular culture to show how these portrayals reinforce troubling perceptions of black sexuality. Reworking Eve Sedgwick’s notion of the “glass closet,” Snorton advances a new theory of such representations in which black sexuality is marked by hypervisibility and confinement, spectacle and speculation. Through close readings of news, music, movies, television, and gossip blogs, Nobody Is Supposed to Know explores the contemporary genealogy, meaning, and functions of the down low. Snorton examines how the down low links blackness and queerness in the popular imagination and how the down low is just one example of how media and popular culture surveil and police black sexuality. Looking at figures such as Ma Rainey, Bishop Eddie L. Long, J. L. King, and Will Smith, he ultimately contends that down-low narratives reveal the limits of current understandings of black sexuality.

Epistemology of the Closet

Epistemology of the Closet
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 0520078748
ISBN-13 : 9780520078741
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Epistemology of the Closet by : Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

Download or read book Epistemology of the Closet written by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the central importance of the homosexual/heterosexual dichotomy in the Western culture of the last century, in particular by a series of provocative readings of Melville, Wilde, James and Proust. A book of both political and literary importance.

Rocking the Closet

Rocking the Closet
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 354
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ISBN-10 : 9780252051661
ISBN-13 : 0252051661
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Rocking the Closet by : Vincent L Stephens

Download or read book Rocking the Closet written by Vincent L Stephens and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2019-10-16 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The all-embracing, "whaddya got?" nature of rebellion in Fifties America included pop music's unlikely challenge to entrenched notions of masculinity. Within that upheaval, four prominent artists dared to behave in ways that let the public assume—but not see—their queerness. That these artists cultivated ambiguous sexual personas often reflected an understandable fear, but also a struggle to fulfill personal and professional expectations.Vincent L. Stephens confronts notions of the closet—both coming out and staying in—by analyzing the careers of Liberace, Johnny Mathis, Johnnie Ray, and Little Richard. Appealing to audiences hungry for novelty and exoticism, the four pop icons used performance and queering techniques that ran the gamut. Liberace's flamboyance shared a spectrum with Mathis's intimate sensitivity while Ray's overwrought displays as "Mr. Emotion" seemed worlds apart from Little Richard's raise-the-roof joyousness. As Stephens shows, the quartet not only thrived in an era of gray flannel manhood, they pioneered the ways generations of later musicians would consciously adopt sexual mystery as an appealing and proven route to success.

Out of the Broom Closet

Out of the Broom Closet
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 196
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ISBN-10 : 9781440513657
ISBN-13 : 1440513651
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Out of the Broom Closet by : Arin Murphy-Hiscock

Download or read book Out of the Broom Closet written by Arin Murphy-Hiscock and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-08-18 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you tell your mother you're a witch? Coming out as a witch isn't easy. You may feel misunderstood, rejected, even discriminated against by friends, family, and coworkers. If you haven't come out, you may be leery of criticism from those who don't really know what it means to be a witch. In this one-of-a-kind collection, you'll meet fifty witches just like you who reveal what drew them to the craft and how they dealt with coming Out of the Broom Closet. Inside you'll find inspiring stories like: Empowered by My Faith: Debra's belief in the God and Goddesses is strengthened when she asks for their guidance during energy-healing to save her son from a near-fatal gunshot wound Yes, We Are Working Professionals: Deb stands up against discrimination and shows her Wiccan pride during a meeting at work I Am Pagan and I Am Proud: Gwinevere explores her faith and strength when she becomes a published Wiccan author at sixteen years old An Exercise in Tolerance: Joshua risks at losing the woman he loves when he has to convince her strict Christian family that he doesn't worship the devil Out of the Broom Closet will give you the encouragement and inspiration you need to practice magick with pride and dignity, no matter where you are on the path.

Connect

Connect
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 322
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ISBN-10 : 9780753551752
ISBN-13 : 0753551756
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Connect by : John Browne

Download or read book Connect written by John Browne and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller. Drawing on the experience of John Browne, former CEO of BP, and the insight of two McKinsey experts, Connect articulates and explores the recurring rift between big business and society, offering a practical manifesto for reconciliation. This timely and important book features candid interviews with global leaders at the heart of this debate, from Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg and Goldman Sachs’ CEO Lloyd Blankfein to Tony Blair and Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web. Connect shows how companies and executives can enhance their performance by engaging radically with the world around them.

The Girl Behind the Glass

The Girl Behind the Glass
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Publisher : Yearling
Total Pages : 194
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ISBN-10 : 9780375862199
ISBN-13 : 0375862196
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Girl Behind the Glass by : Jane Kelley

Download or read book The Girl Behind the Glass written by Jane Kelley and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven-year-old twins Hannah and Anna agree about everything—especially that they don't want to move to the creepy old house on Hemlock Road. But as soon as they move into the house, the twins start disagreeing for the first time in their lives. In fact, it's almost as though something or someone is trying to drive them apart. While Anna settles in, Hannah can't ignore the strange things that keep happening on Hemlock Road. Why does she sense things that no one else in the family does? It's almost as though someone is trying to talk to her. Someone no one else can hear. Someone angry enough to want revenge. Hannah, are you listening? Is the house haunted? Is Hannah crazy? Or does something in the house want her as a best friend—forever?