Terms of exclusion : rightful citizenship claims and the construction of LGBT political identity / Zein Murib.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murib, Zein, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual minorities--Political activity--United States.

Sexual minorities.

Sexual minorities--Civil rights--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

In this text, Zein Murib looks at the LGBT community in the US as it formed into an identity-based social and political group. Drawing on an extensive archive of movement documents and publications, Murib argues that the strategic use of 'rightful citizenship claims,' or the assertion that lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgender people are owed rights as citizens, created opportunities for the recognition of white, gender-normative, monogamously partnered gay men and lesbians at the expense of other community members. 'Terms of Exclusion' shows that within-group marginalization is not an accident of political expediency or due to relatively fewer resources, but rather a discursive strategy employed by political actors to make a group palatable to lawmakers and the general public.

Contents:

Cover

Terms of Exclusion

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: A Seat at the Table

1. Current Scholarship, Main Arguments, and Approach

2. Come Out! The Mobilization of Gay Identity

3. Feminism is the Theory, Lesbianism Is the Practice

4. "The B Isn't Silent": Bisexuality, from a Cultural Movement to Political Practice

5. Transgender Political Identity as Coalition

6. Framing Unity: LGBT and Queer

7. Rightful Citizenship Claims, Then and Now

Appendix: Critical Discourse Analysis Codes Used

Notes

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 31, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Murib, Zein Terms of Exclusion

ISBN:

0-19-767153-5

0-19-767151-9