03238nam 2200673 a 450 991046565290332120200520144314.01-78170-159-81-84779-233-2(CKB)2560000000085801(EBL)1069568(OCoLC)818847286(SSID)ssj0000712771(PQKBManifestationID)12249036(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712771(PQKBWorkID)10651298(PQKB)11109571(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085730(MiAaPQ)EBC1069568(OCoLC)1132665750(MdBmJHUP)muse78055(Au-PeEL)EBL1069568(CaPaEBR)ebr10623257(CaONFJC)MIL843538(EXLCZ)99256000000008580120080716d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGay men and the left in post-war Britain[electronic resource] how the personal got political /Lucy RobinsonManchester Manchester University Pressc20071 online resource (232 p.)Critical labour movement studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-7190-8639-6 0-7190-7434-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Politics and culture: homosexuality and the Left in post-war Britain -- Reporting change: law reform, homosexual identity and the role of counter-culture -- Gay liberation 1969-73: praxis, protest and performance -- The Left gets personal: identity, performance and the Left 1972-79 -- The next big thing: from Gay Left Collective to Greater London Council, paedophile identity and the state of the Left -- Confronting Thatcher: the Bermondsey by-election, lesbians and gays support the miners and AIDS activism.This book demonstrates how the personal became political in post-war Britain, and argues that attention to gay activism can help us to fundamentally rethink the nature of post-war politics. While the Left were fighting among themselves and the reformists were struggling with the limits of law reform, gay men started organising for themselves, first individually within existing organisations and later rejecting formal political structures altogether. Culture, performance and identity took over from economics and class struggle, as gay men worked to change the world through the politics of sexuaCritical labour movement studies series.Gay menPolitical activityGreat BritainGay liberation movementGreat BritainPolitics, PracticalGreat BritainGreat BritainPolitics and government1945-Electronic books.Gay menPolitical activityGay liberation movementPolitics, Practical320.0866420941Robinson LucyDr.1029550MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465652903321Gay men and the left in post-war Britain2446039UNINA