Feminism, the family, and the politics of the closet : lesbian and gay displacement / Cheshire Calhoun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calhoun, Cheshire.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lesbian feminism--United States.

Lesbian feminism.

Lesbian feminist theory--United States.

Lesbian feminist theory.

Lesbians--United States--Identity.

Lesbians.

Sexual orientation--Political aspects--United States.

Sexual orientation.

Oppression (Psychology)--Political aspects--United States.

Oppression (Psychology).

Lesbians--United States--Political activity.

Gay men--United States--Political activity.

Gay men.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How has feminism failed lesbianism? What issues belong at the top of a lesbian and gay political agenda? This book answers both questions by examining what lesbian and gay subordination really amounts to. Calhoun argues that lesbians and gays aren't just socially and politically disadvantaged. The closet displaces lesbians and gays from visible citizenship, and both law and cultural norms deny lesbians and gay men a private sphere of romance, marriage, and the family. - ;Feminism, the Family, and the Politics of the Closet is about placing sexual orientation politics within feminist theorizing

Contents:

Contents; 1 Introduction: Centering Sexual Orientation Politics; 2 Separating Lesbian Theory from Feminist Theory; 3 The Gender Closet; 4 The Shape of Lesbian and Gay Subordination; 5 Defending Marriage; 6 Constructing Lesbians and Gay Men as Family's Outlaws; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-168) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-281-94383-5

9786611943837

0-19-152251-1

OCLC:

505109825