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Autore |
Eskridge William N |
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Titolo |
Gaylaw [[electronic resource] ] : challenging the apartheid of the closet / / William N. Eskridge, Jr |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 1999 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (ix,470p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Homosexuality - Law and legislation - United States |
Gays - Legal status, laws, etc - United States |
Lesbians - Legal status, laws, etc - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-461) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part one The Apartheid of the Closet -- 1. Masquerade and the Law, 1880–1946 -- 2. Kulturkampf and the Threatening Closet, 1946–1961 -- 3. Coming Out and Challenging the Closet, 1961–1981 -- Part two Remnants of the Closet (Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell) -- Introduction -- 4. Hardwick and Historiography -- 5. The Sexualized First Amendment -- 6. Multivocal Prejudices and Homo Equality -- Part Three After the Closet: Queer Theory and the Sexual State -- 7. Sexual Consent Paradoxes -- 8. Beyond Families We Choose -- 9. Religion and Homosexuality: Equality Practice -- Appendixes: Regulating Sexual and Gender Variation in the United States -- A Early Municipal and State Regulation -- B Modern State and Municipal Regulation -- C Statistics -- Notes -- Index |
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This text provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal issues concerning gender and sexual nonconformity in the United States. The text is split into three parts covering the post-Civil war period to the 1980's, contemporary issues and legal arguments. |
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