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Michael Bronski

M.F.A., Brandeis

Visiting Lecturer, Women's and Gender Studies Program

Recent Scholarship:

The World Turned Upside Down: The Queer Subversiveness of Children's Literature (Beacon Press, 2007).

Pulp Friction: Uncovering the Golden Age of Gay Male Pulps (St. Martins, 2003)

The Pleasure Principle: Sex, Backlash and the Struggle for Gay Freedom (St. Martin's, 1998)

Culture Clash: The Making of Gay Sensibility, (South End Press, 1984)

Interests:

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies
Popular culture
Media studies
Sexuality studies.

Courses Taught:

Jews in Hollywood
How Hollywood Films Shaped Post-War GLBT Politics

Introduction to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies
Queer Marriage, Hate Crimes and "Will and Grace,"
Plagues and Politics: The Impact of AIDS on U.S. society
Gender and Judaism
Beatniks, Hot Rods, and the Feminine Mystique: Sex and Gender in 1950s Hollywood Films
Judaism Sexuality and Queerness

Last Updated: 12/10/08