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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462649403321

Autore

Altman Dennis <1943->

Titolo

Homosexual [[electronic resource] ] : oppression & liberation / / Dennis Altman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

St. Lucia, Qld., : University of Queensland Press, 2012

ISBN

0-7022-4937-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Disciplina

306.766

Soggetti

Homosexuality - History

Sexual freedom - History

Sexual minorities - History

Sexual rights - History

LGBTQ+ movement

LGBTQ+ people

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: New York: Outerbridge & Dienstrfrey,1971.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-270) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Author biography; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction to the 2012 Printing by Dennis Altman; Introduction to the 1993 Printing by Jeffrey Weeks; Introduction to the 1971 Printing by Dennis Altman; 1. Coming Out: The Search for Identity; 2. Oppression: The Denial of Identity; 3. Liberation: Toward the Polymorphous Whole; 4. The Movement and Liberation: Confrontation and the Community; 5. The Collapsing Hegemony and Gay Liberation; 6. The Impact of Gay Liberation; 7. Conclusion: The End of the Homosexual?; Afterword; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>An early work in the gay liberation movement that recognized the divisions within that movement as a form of healthy diversity, this anniversary edition reconsiders homosexuality in light of the current gay rights debate and continues to challenge conventional notions of sex and gender. Drawing on stories from the emergent movement and on the writings of James Baldwin, Allen Ginsberg, Christopher Isherwood, Herbert



Marcuse, and Kate Millett, its objective is to propose ways in which to create a common community out of a shared sexuality and expe