Sexuality, subjectivity, and LGBTQ militancy in the United States /
As LGBTQ movements in Western Europe, North America, and other regions of the world are becoming more successful at awarding LGBTQ people rights, especially institutional recognition for same-sex couples and their families, what becomes of the deeper social transformation that these movements initia...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English French |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Protest and social movements.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | As LGBTQ movements in Western Europe, North America, and other regions of the world are becoming more successful at awarding LGBTQ people rights, especially institutional recognition for same-sex couples and their families, what becomes of the deeper social transformation that these movements initially aimed to achieve? The United States is in many ways a paradigmatic model for LGBTQ movements in other countries. This text focuses on the transformations of the US LGBTQ movement since the 1980s, highlighting the relationship between its institutionalization and the disappearance of sexuality from its most visible claims, so that its growing visibility and legitimation since the 1990s have paradoxically led to a decrease in grassroots militancy. The book examines the issue from the bottom up, identifying the links between the varying importance of sexuality as a movement theme and actors' mobilization, and enhances the import of subjectivity in militancy. It draws attention to cultural, sometimes infrapolitical, forms of militancy that perpetuate the role of sexuality in LGBTQ militancy. |
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| Item Description: | Translated from the French. Books at JSTOR Evidence Based Acquisitions Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (198 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 904852864X 9789048528646 |
