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  • Radical Records (Routledge Revivals)

    Thirty Years of Lesbian and Gay History, 1957-1987

    by Bob Cant, Susan Hemmings ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    The period between the publication in 1957 of the liberalising Wolfenden Report and the introduction in 1987 of the homophobic Section 28 was characterised by unprecedented optimism and political activism among lesbians and gay men in Britain. But the law and its shortcomings never determined their whole political and cultural agenda and Radical Records explores the diverse and sometimes ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • Unspeakable Love

    Gay and Lesbian Life in the Middle East

    by Brian Whitaker ...
    Homosexuality is a taboo subject in the Arab world. While clerics denounce it as a heinous sin, newspapers write cryptically of 'shameful acts' and 'deviant behaviour'. Amid the calls for reform in the Middle East, homosexuality is one issue that almost everyone in the region would prefer to ignore. In this absorbing account, Guardian journalist Brian Whitaker calls attention to the voices of men ... Read more

    $10.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Out at the Movies

    A History of Gay Cinema

    by Steven Paul Davies ...
    Over the decades, gay cinema has reflected the community's journey from persecution to emancipation to acceptance. Politicized dramas like Victim in the 1960s, The Naked Civil Servant in the 1970s, and the AIDS cinema of the 1980s have given way in recent years to films which celebrate a vast array of gay lifestyles. Gay films have undergone a major shift from the fringe to the mainstream—2005's ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • God vs. Gay?

    The Religious Case for Equality

    by Jay Michaelson ...
    Series Book 6 - Queer Ideas/Queer Action
    A passionate argument for LGBTQ equality within religious communities—“a book for our times and a book for the ages” (EDGE)The myth that the Bible forbids homosexuality—the myth of “God versus Gay”—is behind some of the most divisive and painful conflicts of our day. In this provocative and game-changing book, scholar and activist Jay Michaelson shows that the Bible does not prohibit same-sex ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Gay Marriage

    Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America

    by Jonathan Rauch ...
    A leading Washington journalist argues that gay marriage is the best way to preserve and protect society's most essential institutionTwo people meet and fall in love. They get married, they become upstanding members of their community, they care for each other when one falls ill, they grow old together. What's wrong with this picture? Nothing, says Jonathan Rauch, and that's the point. If the two ... Read more

    $15.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Under This Beautiful Dome

    A Senator, A Journalist, and the Politics of Gay Love in America

    by Terry Mutchler ...
    One of the greatest love stories I have ever heard played out right here, under this beautiful dome. But it was a secret. . . . Penny and Terry just wanted what so many people want-to express their love through marriage.”-Illinois Representative Ann WilliamsUnder This Beautiful Dome tells the true story of journalist Terry Mutchler's secret five-year relationship with Penny Severns, an Illinois ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Colonialism and Homosexuality

    by Robert Aldrich ...
    Colonialism and Homosexuality is a thorough investigation of the connections of homosexuality and imperialism from the late 1800s - the era of 'new imperialism' - until the era of decolonization. Robert Aldrich reconstructs the context of a number of liaisons, including those of famous men such as Cecil Rhodes, E.M. Forster or André Gide, and the historical situations which produced both the ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Queering Sexualities in Turkey

    Gay Men, Male Prostitutes and the City

    by Cenk Özbay ...
    Despite its some of its more liberal and democratic characteristics - when compared to many other countries in the Middle East - the more conservative elements within Turkish politics and society have made gains over the past decades. As a result, like many others in the region, Turkish society has multiple standards when naming, evaluating and reacting to men who have sex with men. Cenk Ozbay ... Read more

    $141.79 USD

  • Chasing Adonis

    Gay Men and the Pursuit of Perfection

    by Tim Bergling ...
    What is it about some men that makes them an object of our deepest desires? And how far are we willing to go in pursuit of those desires?Chasing Adonis: Gay Men & the Pursuit of Perfection delves into one of the most central mysteries of gay life: What is it gay men find attractive in other men, and why? How much is nature, how much is nurture . . . or maybe just clever marketing? This unique book ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Developments in the Histories of Sexualities

    In Search of the Normal, 1600–1800

    Edited by Chris Mounsey ...
    Series series Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650–1850
    Developments in the Histories of Sexualities: In Search of the Normal,1600-1800 explores the oppositionscreated by the official exclusion ofbanned sexual practices and theresistance to that exclusion throughwidespread acceptance of thoseoutlawed practices at an interpersonallevel. At different times and in differentplaces, state legislation sets up—ortries to set up—a “normal” by rejectinga ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Taken for Granted

    The Remarkable Power of the Unremarkable

    by Eviatar Zerubavel ...
    Series series WILDGuides
    How the words we use—and don't use—reinforce dominant cultural normsWhy is the term "openly gay" so widely used but "openly straight" is not? What are the unspoken assumptions behind terms like "male nurse," "working mom," and "white trash"? Offering a revealing and provocative look at the word choices we make every day without even realizing it, Taken for Granted exposes the subtly encoded ways ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Play, Creativity, and Social Movements

    If I Can't Dance, It’s Not My Revolution

    by Benjamin Shepard ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    As we play, we step away from stark reality to conjure up new possibilities for the present and our common future. Today, a new cohort of social activists are using it to create social change and reinvent democratic social relations. In contrast to work or routine, play must be free. To the extent that it is, it infuses a high-octane burst of innovation into any number of organizational practices ... Read more

    $77.99 USD