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Gaylaw [[electronic resource] ] : challenging the apartheid of the closet / / William N. Eskridge, Jr



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Autore: Eskridge William N., Jr., <1951-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Gaylaw [[electronic resource] ] : challenging the apartheid of the closet / / William N. Eskridge, Jr Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 1999
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix,470p.)
Disciplina: 342.73087
Soggetto topico: Homosexuality - Law and legislation - United States
Gay people - Legal status, laws, etc - United States
Lesbians - Legal status, laws, etc - United States
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-461) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Gaylaw  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-674-03658-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910778442603321
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