Summary
Tim Dean is a British academic, author, notable in the field of contemporary queer theory,[1][2][3] and author of several works on the subject: Gary Snyder and the American Unconscious (1991), Beyond Sexuality (2000),[2] and Unlimited Intimacy: Reflections on the Subculture of Barebacking (2009),[4] all published by the University of Chicago Press, and a co-editor of Homosexuality and Psychoanalysis (2001). Dean published Hatred of Sex together with Oliver Davis in 2022.[5]
Dean first became a British civil servant before attending the University of East Anglia, during which time he participated in a Junior Year Abroad program at Brandeis University, and wrote his undergraduate dissertation on Gary Snyder before graduating BA with First Class Honours in American Studies.[6] He subsequently earned his PhD at Johns Hopkins University (doctoral dissertation on Hart Crane). He was a Fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center (1997-1998).[7] He teaches at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign).
Publications edit
- Gary Snyder and the American Unconscious. University of Chicago Press, 1991.
- Dean, Tim (2000). Beyond Sexuality. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-13935-2.
- Unlimited Intimacy: Reflections on the Subculture of Barebacking. University of Chicago Press, 2009.
- Homosexuality and Psychoanalysis (2001) – co-edited by Dean
- Hatred of Sex. University of Nebraska Press, 2022. With Oliver Davis.
References edit
- ^ Eric L. Haralson (2003). Henry James and queer modernity. Cambridge University Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-521-81394-5. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^ a b Downing, Lisa. "Beyond Sexuality: Review". Archives of Sexual Behavior. 34 (2): 255–263. doi:10.1007/s10508-005-1802-1. S2CID 189872704.
- ^ Rickard, G Keilan (2009). "The land of big queers: A fairy's tale (To be read aloud then discarded just as quickly)". Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society. 14: 89–99. doi:10.1057/pcs.2008.15. S2CID 147088373. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^ "On Bareback Subcultures and the Pornography of Risk". Slought Foundation. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^ Hatred of Sex. University of Nebraska Press. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "Tim Dean | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Academia.edu".
- ^ "Fellows Update". Stanford Humanities Center. 26 February 2010. Archived from the original on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2010.