Officially gay : the political construction of sexuality by the U.S. military / Gary L. Lehring.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lehring, Gary L., 1966-

Series:

Queer politics, queer theories.

Queer politics, queer theories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay military personnel--Government policy--United States.

Gay military personnel.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Other Title:

Political construction of sexuality by the U.S. military

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 September 11, 2001, the Pentagon's suspension of discharge of gay and lesbians went largely overlooked and unremarked by political pundits, news organizations, military experts, religious leaders and gay activists. How can this collective cultural silence be explained? Officially Gay follows

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-222) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786612658334

9781282658332

1282658336

9781439903995

1439903999

OCLC:

648711493

Publisher Number:

2027/heb34618 hdl