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Racism and sexual oppression in Anglo-America : a genealogy /

Does the black struggle for civil rights make common cause with the movement to foster queer community, protest anti-queer violence or discrimination, and demand respect for the rights and sensibilities of queer people? Confronting this emotionally charged question, Ladelle McWhorter reveals how a c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McWhorter, Ladelle, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Does the black struggle for civil rights make common cause with the movement to foster queer community, protest anti-queer violence or discrimination, and demand respect for the rights and sensibilities of queer people? Confronting this emotionally charged question, Ladelle McWhorter reveals how a carefully structured campaign against abnormality in the late 19th and early 20th centuries encouraged white Americans to purge society of so-called biological contaminants, people who were poor, disabled, black.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 430 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-420) and index.
ISBN:9780253002938
0253002931