Oklahomo : lessons in unqueering America / Carol Mason.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mason, Carol, 1964- author.

Series:

SUNY series in queer politics and cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homophobia--Oklahoma.

Homophobia.

Homophobia--United States.

Christian conservatism.

Conservatism.

United States.

Homophobia--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Conservatism--Oklahoma.

Christian conservatism--Oklahoma.

Christian conservatism--United States.

Gay rights--United States.

Gay rights.

Queer theory.

Oklahoma.

Physical Description:

xiii, 217 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : SUNY Press, [2015]

Summary:

"By exploring the scandal-filled lives of four Oklahomans, this book demonstrates how unqueering operates in a conservative American context. Carol Mason weaves a story about how homogenizing, antigay ideas evolve from generation to generation so that they achieve particular economic, imperial, racial, and gendered goals. Using engaging and accessible commentary on antigay crusaders (Sally Kern and Anita Bryant) and two queer teachers dismissed from their positions (Billy James Hargis and Bruce Goff), Mason illustrates how the lives of these figures represent paradigmatic moments in conservative confrontations with queers and help us to understand the conflation of terrorism with homosexuality, which dates back to the McCarthy era"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Unqueering America : an introduction

Sally Kern : the queer terrorist in middle America

Anita Bryant : Oklahoma roots and national fruits

Billy James Hargis : sinister, Satanic sex

Bruce Goff : how to stop enjoying and learn to fear queer art

Queer times in Wal-Mart country : a meandering conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438457178

1438457170

OCLC:

890107274