2020 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleQueer lives give rise to a vast array of objects: the things we fill our houses with, the gifts we share with our friends, the commodities we consume at work and at play, the clothes and accessories we wear, various reminders of state power, as well as the analogue and digital technologies we use to communicate with one another. But what makes an object queer?The sixty-three chapters in Queer Objects consider this question in relation to lesbian, gay and transgender communities across time, cultures, and space. In this unique international collaboration, well-known and newer writers traverse world history to write about fabulous, captivating, and transgressive items ranging from ancient Egyptian tomb paintings and Roman artefacts to political placards, snapshots, sex toys, and the smartphone. Table of Contents 1. The Queerness of ObjectsCHRIS BRICKELL & JUDITH COLLARD 2. The First Gay Kiss?RICHARD BRUCE PARKINSON 3. Tutanekai’s FlutePAERAU WARBRICK 4. Faces of Queer-AboriginalityDINO HODGE 5. Pasting Together an IdentityHELEN PAUSACKER 6. The Strapless SatchelJEFFREY VAUGHAN 7. The Queering of Action ManGREG MINISSALE 8. Reading Two Gay HistoriesBEN ANDERSON-NATHE 9. Fragments of SapphoCHRIS BRICKELL 10. New World Slavery’s Queer ObjectCARINA PASQUESI 11. Freda’s Mountaineering MemoirCHRIS BRICKELL 12. Teddy’s Illustrated LetterRACHEL HOPE CLEVES 13. Four Saints in Three ActsTIRZA TRUE LATIMER 14. Donald Friend’s Life in LettersTIM ROBERTS 15. Dear Dawn, Can I Hold You?LAUREN BRITTON 16. A Gay Magazine in Communist PolandLUKASZ SZULC 17. The Cunt Coloring BookMARGO HOBBS 18. Henry’s AlbumsBARRY REAY 19. Sammy’s Stud FileBARRY REAY 20. The Proverbial Lavender DildoERICA RAND 21. Amos’s ChairBARRY REAY 22. Cruising Masculine SpacesJUDITH COLLARD 23. The Stuff of CruisingJOHN HOWARD 24. The Warren CupCHRIS BRICKELL 25. MonumentsPETER SHERLOCK 26. Robert Gant’s ShoesCHRIS BRICKELL 27. Oscar’s Photograph?NEIL BARTLETT 28. Saint SebastianCHRIS BRICKELL 29. Tender ButtonsJANE TRENGROVE 30. The Paintings of Lois WhiteJUDITH COLLARD 31. The L Word QuiltAMANDA LITTAUER & DIANE JOHNS 32. The Queen of Polka HolesKATSUHIKO SUGANUMA 33. Queer DogsHEIKE BAUER 34. Our Own Dear HouseBEV ROBERTS 35. An Attic ApartmentCHRIS BRICKELL 36. The Rotary Dial TelephoneMATT COOK 37. C734CHRISTOPHER CASTIGLIA & CHRISTOPHER REED 38. Saint Eugenia’s RelicsROBERT MILLS 39. A Tram Ticket, an Egyptian and an EnglishmanROBERT ALDRICH 40. To My Friend from His FriendGRAHAM WILLETT 41. The Story of a LocketPETER WELLS 42. Till We Meet AgainJO CAMPBELL 43. A Set of Wedding PhotosELISE CHENIER 44. Carl Wittman and the AIDS QuiltAMANDA LITTAUER & DIANE JOHNS 45. Exhibit A: The Powder PuffWAYNE MURDOCH 46. Neil McConaghy’s Penile PlethysmographKATE DAVISON 47. A Military Discharge CertificateSHIRLEENE ROBINSON 48. The Moral Majority is NeitherTIMOTHY WILLEM JONES 48. Devotional ObjectsMELISSA M. WILCOX 50. Political ButtonsKATHERINE A. HERMES 51. Plastic PoliticsJAMES BURFORD, KATH KHANGPIBOON & JUTATHORN PRAVATTIYAGUL 52. Bloomers and MonoclesNIKKI SULLIVAN & CRAIG MIDDLETON 53. A Lesbian WaistcoatNADIA GUSH 54. Lesbian LipstickREINA LEWIS 55. Punk JacketMARCUS BUNYAN 56. The Australian SpeedoYORICK SMAAL 57. The World’s First Gay Travel GuideDANIEL BRANDL-BECK 58. Keith’s SlidesCHRIS BRICKELL 59. John Hunter’s Make-up BoxCHRIS BRICKELL 60. The Portable Lesbian PartyALISON ORAM 61. The Rangers Motorclub FlagTIM ROBERTS 62. The Disco Ball and the DJPHILIP HUGHES 63. Queer SmartphonesSIMON CLAY List of Contributors Notes Photo References Index
