Publications & Presentations
Ormsbee, J. Todd
Publications & Presentations
BookThe Meaning of Gay: Publicity, Community, and Interaction among Homosexual Men in 1960s San Francisco (Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2010).
Articles
âOvercoming Domination through Self-Representation: Gay Menâs Experience in 1960s San Franciscoâ in Social Thought and Research 26:1 & 2 (2005)
Articles (in progress, scheduled to be out for peer review Fall 2011)
âJourney to Unbelief: A Theory of the Psycho-Social Process of Leaving a Tightly Scripted Religious Communityâ
âEmotion, Interaction, and Leaving Mormonismâ
âExperience, Culture, & Meaning-Power: John Deweyâs Instrumentalism as Theory & Method for Research on Sexualityâ
Encyclopedia Entries
"Queer Theory and American Studies" in The Encyclopedia of American Studies, edited by Miles Orvell (John Hopkins University Press, forthcoming)
âScholarship and Academic Study, GLBTQ,â in The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture, edited by David Gerstner (Routledge: New York, 2006).
âThe Commodityâ in American Material Culture: An Encyclopedia, eds. Miriam Forman-Brunell, Helen Sheumaker, and Shirley Wajda (New York: ABC-CLIO, 2002).
Book Reviews
Mark T. Decker and Michael Austin, editors, Peculiar Portrayals: Mormons on the Page, Stage, and Screen. Reviewed for American Studies, Fall 2011.
Benjamin Shephard, Queer Political Performance and Protest. Reviewed in Contemporary Sociology, forthcoming.
Timothy Hodgdon, Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities. Reviewed in American Studies Summer 2010.
Eithne LulbhĂ©ld and Lionel CantĂș Jr, edidtors. Queer Migrations: Sexuality, U.S. Citizenship, and Border Crossings. Reviewed in American Studies, Summer 2006 (forthcoming).
David K. Johnson, The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government. Reviewed in American Studies, Fall 2004.
Nan A. Boyd, Wide Open Town: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965. Reviewed in Western Historical Quarterly, Summer 2004.
Papers Presented
âUnbelief among Ex-Mormons: The Psycho-Social Process of Leaving a Tightly Scripted Religionâ Pacific Sociological Association, Seattle, WA, March 2011
âWithdrawal from Mormonism: Toward a Model of the Psycho-Social Processes of Leaving a Tightly Scripted Religious Communityâ Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, MO, March 2011
âAs Sexual Cultures Collide: Thinking about the Historical Transformations of Sexuality in the Age of Globalismâ Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association, Palo Alto, CA, August 2006
âEffective Freedom, Self-Realization, and Democratic Communityâ Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy [American Pragmatism], March 2005
âKnowledge, Experience and Desire: From Cultural Theory to Cultural Methodâ American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 2004
ââFor Those in Our Communityâ: Discursive Strategies of Gay Male Community Building in The LCE News, 1961-2 San Franciscoâ American Studies Association, Houston, TX, November 2002
âFor the Eternal Plan of Happiness: Mormonism, the Construction of the Eternal Family, and the Ex-Gay Movementâ Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, April 2000
âThe Erotics of Family Values and the Formation of Ex-Gay Subjectivityâ Mid-America American Studies Association, Kansas City, MO, March 2000
âDisappearing Acts: American Studies, Sexual Discourse, and Queernessâ Mid-America American Studies Association, Iowa City, IA, March 1998