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Rethinking the Gay and Lesbian Movement provides a new narrative history of U.S. gay and lesbian activism, drawing on primary research in the field and the best scholarship on the history of the gay and lesbian movement. Focusing on four decades of social, cultural, and political change in the second half of the twentieth century, Stein examines the changing agendas, beliefs, strategies, and vocabularies of a movement that encompassed diverse actions, campaigns, ideologies, and organizations. From the homophile activism of the 1950s and 1960s, through the rise of gay liberation and lesbian feminism in the 1970s, to the multicultural and AIDS activist movements of the 1980s, Rethinking the Gay and Lesbian Movement provides a strong foundation for understanding gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer politics today. Rethinking the Gay and Lesbian Movement provides a short, accessible overview of an important and transformational struggle for social change, highlighting key individuals and events, influential groups and networks, strong alliances and coalitions, difficult challenges and obstacles, major successes and failures, and the movement's lasting effects on the country.
This volume will be valued by everyone interested in gay and lesbian history, the history of social movements, and the history of the United States.
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General info
Publisher & Imprint:
Routledge
City:
London
Pages:
248
More info:
height 229 mm
width 152 mm
weight 500 gr
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Age recommended:
College/higher education
Subject Indexing & Classification
Dewey:(DC23) 306.7660973
Library of Congress Subject: Gay rights - United States - History
Departments:
Political activism;
Record updated at:
10 May, 2013
time:
00:42
Summary
Rethinking the Gay and Lesbian Movement
Introduction Chapter 1: Before the Movement, 1500-1940 Chapter 2: Homophile Activism, 1940-69 Chapter 3: Gay Liberation, Lesbian Feminism, and Gay and Lesbian Liberalism, 1969-73 Chapter 4: Gay and Lesbian Activism in the Era of Conservative Backlash, 1973-8 Chapter 5: Gay and Lesbian Activism in the Age of AIDS, 1981-90 Chapter 6: LGBT and Queer Activism Beyond 1990 Suggestions for Further Reading
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