04175nam 2200565Ia 450 991077844260332120231213162544.00-674-03658-110.4159/9780674036581(CKB)1000000000805453(StDuBDS)AH23050683(Au-PeEL)EBL3300515(CaPaEBR)ebr10318512(OCoLC)923112134(DE-B1597)574473(DE-B1597)9780674036581(MiAaPQ)EBC3300515(OCoLC)1294424133(EXLCZ)99100000000080545319990319d1999 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGaylaw[electronic resource] challenging the apartheid of the closet /William N. Eskridge, JrCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press19991 online resource (ix,470p.)Includes index.0-674-34161-9 0-674-00804-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-461) and index.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 --IndexThis 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.This text provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal issues concerning gender and sexual nonconformity in the United States. Part one, which covers the years from the post-Civil War to the 1980's, is a history of state efforts to discipline and punish the behaviour of homosexuals and other people considered to be deviant. during this period such people could get by only at the cost of suppressing their most basic feelings and emotions. Part two addresses contemporary issues. although it is no longer illegal to be openly gay in America, homosexuals still suffer from state discrimination in the military and in other realms, and private discrimination and violence against gays is prevalent. The author presents a rigorously argued case for the "sexualization" of the First Amendment, showing why, for example, same-sex ceremonies and intimacy should be considered "expressive conduct" deserving the protection of the courts.; He draws on legal reasoning, sociological studies, and history to develop an effective response to the arguments made in defense of the military ban. The concluding part of the book locales the author's legal arguments within the larger currents of liberal theory and integrates them into a general stance toward freedom, gender equality, and religious pluralism.HomosexualityLaw and legislationUnited StatesGay peopleLegal status, laws, etcUnited StatesLesbiansLegal status, laws, etcUnited StatesHomosexualityLaw and legislationGay peopleLegal status, laws, etc.LesbiansLegal status, laws, etc.342.73087Eskridge William N.Jr.,1951-1511690MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778442603321Gaylaw3745160UNINA