Tim Dean Explained

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.
• Book: Dean, Tim. 2000. Beyond Sexuality. University of Chicago Press. 0-226-13935-2. limited.
• 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

Notes and References

1. Book: Henry James and queer modernity. 2003. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-81394-5. 14. Eric L. Haralson. 17 December 2010.
2. Downing. Lisa. Beyond Sexuality: Review. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 34. 2. 255–263. 10.1007/s10508-005-1802-1. 189872704.
3. Rickard. G Keilan. The land of big queers: A fairy's tale (To be read aloud then discarded just as quickly). Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society . 2009. 14. 89–99. 10.1057/pcs.2008.15 . 147088373. 17 December 2010.
4. Web site: On Bareback Subcultures and the Pornography of Risk . Slought Foundation. 17 December 2010.
5. Book: Hatred of Sex . University of Nebraska Press. 2 January 2023.
6. Web site: Tim Dean | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Academia.edu.
7. Web site: Fellows Update. Stanford Humanities Center. 17 December 2010. 26 February 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100705085334/http://shc.stanford.edu/intellectual-life/news/fellows-update-0. 5 July 2010.