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Officially gay : the political construction of sexuality by the U.S. military /
In 1993, simply the idea that lesbians and gays should be able to serve openly in the military created a firestorm of protest from right-wing groups and powerful social conservatives that threatened to derail the entire agenda of a newly elected President. Nine short years later, in the wake of Sept...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | Queer politics, queer theories.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. What Is an Official Gay Identity?; 2. The Emergence of Identity: Epistemological Tenets of the Modern Gay and Lesbian Subject; 3. Gays in the Military: Constructing the "Homosexual" Other; 4. Gays in the Military: Identity as "Official" Justification for Exclusion; 5. Gaze in the Military: Competing Perceptions of Gay Performance; 6. Don't Kiss and Tell in the Military: Gay Politics and the Clinton Compromise; 7. Becoming Identity: Public Policy, Gay Identification, and the "Queer" Response; Conclusion: Nightmares, Fantasies, and Sexual Performance.
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