LEADER 03285nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910454285903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-135-90043-4 010 $a1-282-28409-6 010 $a9786612284090 010 $a0-203-89214-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000784031 035 $a(EBL)448345 035 $a(OCoLC)471700361 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000342051 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12115467 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342051 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10285483 035 $a(PQKB)10851972 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC448345 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL448345 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10330880 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL228409 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000784031 100 $a20080306d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aQueer political performance and protest$b[electronic resource] /$fby Benjamin Shepard 210 $aNew York $cRoutledge$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (341 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge advances in sociology ;$v41 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-89728-9 311 $a0-415-96096-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Pleasure is a Resource: From Drag Marches to Global Justice Movements; 1 Play and World Making: From Berlin to the Black Cat; 2 Play as Pleasure: Gay Liberation and Movements for Sexual Freedom; 3 Play as Resilience: Eros Versus Thanatos in ACT UP; 4 Playing by Different Rules: DIY Experiments in Harm Reduction; 5 Play and Panic in the Neoliberal City: The AIDS Prevention Action League and SexPanic!; 6 Activism as Circus: From Street Carnival to Direct Action 327 $aConclusion: Reconsidering and Situating Play: From ACT UP to the Rude Mechanical OrchestraAppendix: Methodological Notes on the Study of Play and Pleasure in Social Movements; References; About the Author; Index 330 $aFrom the birth of the Gay Liberation through the rise of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) in 1987, the global justice movement in 1994, the largest day of antiwar protest in world history in February 2003, the Republican National Convention protests in August 2004, and the massive immigrant rights rallies in the spring of 2006, the streets of cities around the world have been filled with a new theatrical model of protest. Elements of fun, creativity, pleasure, and play are cornerstones of this new approach toward protest and community building. No movement has had a larger influ 410 0$aRoutledge advances in sociology ;$v41. 606 $aGays$xPolitical activity$zUnited States 606 $aGay activists$zUnited States 606 $aQueer theory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGays$xPolitical activity 615 0$aGay activists 615 0$aQueer theory. 676 $a306.76/60973 700 $aShepard$b Benjamin Heim$0476675 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454285903321 996 $aQueer political performance and protest$92036523 997 $aUNINA