Tim Dean

Not to be confused with the Australian philosopher.

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

Monographs

• 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.
• Hatred of Sex. University of Nebraska Press, 2022. With Oliver Davis.

Edited Volumes

• Homosexuality and Psychoanalysis (2001) – co-edited by Dean

References

1. Eric L. Haralson (2003). Henry James and queer modernity. Cambridge University Press. p. 14. ISBN   978-0-521-81394-5 . Retrieved 17 December 2010.
2. Downing, Lisa. "Beyond Sexuality: Review". Archives of Sexual Behavior. 34 (2): 255–263. doi:10.1007/s10508-005-1802-1. S2CID   189872704.
3. 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.
4. "On Bareback Subcultures and the Pornography of Risk". Slought Foundation . Retrieved 17 December 2010.
5. Hatred of Sex. University of Nebraska Press . Retrieved 2 January 2023.
6. "Tim Dean | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Academia.edu".
7. "Fellows Update". Stanford Humanities Center. 26 February 2010. Archived from the original on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2010.