Officially gay : the political construction of sexuality by the U.S. military /
Follows the military's century-long attempt to identify and exclude gays and lesbians, and argues that military policy helped create a modern gay movement and shape the direction taken by that movement. Simultaneously, it made possible greater regulation and scrutiny of gays and lesbians both i...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
2003.
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| Series: | Queer politics, queer theories.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb34618 |
| Summary: | Follows the military's century-long attempt to identify and exclude gays and lesbians, and argues that military policy helped create a modern gay movement and shape the direction taken by that movement. Simultaneously, it made possible greater regulation and scrutiny of gays and lesbians both in and out of the military. [back cover]. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 229 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-222) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781592130344 1592130348 9781592130351 1592130356 |