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

• Autore: Eskridge William N
• 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; Gays - Legal status, laws, etc - United States; Lesbians - Legal status, laws, etc - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• ISBN: 0-674-03658-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455069003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II