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Queer Wars: The New Gay Right and Its Critics Paperback - 2006

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Author: Robinson, Paul
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From the rear cover

From the 1969 rebellion at Stonewall to recent battles over same-sex marriage, Gay Liberation in the United States has always been closely associated with the political left. But in recent years, Gay Liberation has taken a dramatic turn toward the right. And gaycons, as they were once archly referred to in the Nation, have taken politics and the media by storm. New Republic columnist Andrew Sullivan, for instance, is one of the most popular bloggers on the Internet. Writer Bruce Bawer, meanwhile, is celebrated for his incisive criticism of gay culture and its connections with camp and diva worship.

Queer Wars limns this new gay right, offering the first extended consideration of gay conservatism and the trenchant critics who espouse its positions. Here celebrated historian of gay culture Paul Robinson draws particular attention to three features of this new political movement. First, he explores how gay conservatives have rejected the idea that commitment to gay freedom should involve equal dedication to the causes of other marginalized people, be they racial minorities, women, or the poor. Second, Robinson demonstrates why gay conservatives embrace more traditional gender ideals--why they are hostile to effeminacy among men and mannishness among women. Finally, exploring the support for sexual restraint among gay conservatives, Robinson dissects their condemnation of promiscuity and their assault on behavior they deem dissolute.

Timely and rich in suggestive propositions, Queer Wars will prove to be essential reading for anyone interested in gay culture and contemporary politics.

Details

Title Queer Wars: The New Gay Right and Its Critics
Author Paul Robinson
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Pages 192
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Date May 15, 2006
Features Index, Table of Contents
ISBN 9780226721866 / 0226721868
Weight 0.47 lbs (0.21 kg)
Dimensions 8 x 5.26 x 0.56 in (20.32 x 13.36 x 1.42 cm)
Themes
- Sex & Gender: Gay
- Topical: Lgbt
Library of Congress subjects Gay conservatives - United States
Dewey Decimal Code 306.766

About the author

Paul Robinson is the Richard W. Lyman Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University. He is the author of a number of books, including Opera, Sex, and Other Vital Matters and Gay Lives: Homosexual Autobiography from John Addington Symonds to Paul Monette, both published by the University of Chicago Press.