LEADER 03799nam 22006972 450 001 9910826605903321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-107-06592-5 010 $a1-316-09076-0 010 $a1-139-80568-1 010 $a1-107-05734-5 010 $a1-107-25587-2 010 $a1-107-05855-4 010 $a1-107-05978-X 010 $a1-107-05623-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000353279 035 $a(EBL)1182994 035 $a(OCoLC)843187593 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000872157 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12300869 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000872157 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10842236 035 $a(PQKB)11589150 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139805681 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1182994 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1182994 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10695356 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL485855 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000353279 100 $a20121003d2013|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe rise of gay rights and the fall of the British empire $eliberal resistance and the Bloomsbury group /$fDavid A. J. Richards, New York University School of Law$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 271 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-65979-5 311 $a1-107-03795-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgements -- Introduction -- Patriarchy and democracy -- Imperialism and patriarchy -- The rise of gay rights -- The fall of empire -- The fall of empire from the rise of gay rights to the 1967 decriminalization -- The fall of empire in the era of gay rights in the United States and Britain -- A. American resistance movements -- B. Impact on Britain and elsewhere -- Conservative reaction in the United States -- Limited impact on Britain and elsewhere -- Gay rights in former British colonies : legacy of empire? -- Canada -- South Africa -- India -- Gay rights as universal human rights -- Bibliography. 330 $aThis book argues that there is an important connection between ethical resistance to British imperialism and the ethical discovery of gay rights. It examines the roots of liberal resistance in Britain and resistance to patriarchy in the USA, showing the importance of fighting the demands of patriarchal manhood and womanhood to countering imperialism. Advocates of feminism and gay rights are key because they resist the gender binary's role in rationalizing sexism and homophobia. The connection between the rise of gay rights and the fall of empire illuminates questions of the meaning of democracy and universal human rights as shared human values that have appeared since World War II. The book casts doubt on the thesis that arguments for gay rights must be extrinsic to democracy and reflect Western values. To the contrary, gay rights arise from within liberal democracy, and its critics polemically use such opposition to cover and rationalize their own failures of democracy. 517 3 $aThe Rise of Gay Rights & the Fall of the British Empire 606 $aGay rights 606 $aGay rights$zGreat Britain 606 $aPatriarchy 606 $aDemocracy 615 0$aGay rights. 615 0$aGay rights 615 0$aPatriarchy. 615 0$aDemocracy. 676 $a323.3/264 700 $aRichards$b David A. J.$0475255 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826605903321 996 $aThe rise of gay rights and the fall of the British empire$94026042 997 $aUNINA