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LGBT Inclusion in American Life
2023
Overview
A compelling explanation of the American public's
acceptance of LGBT freedoms through the lens of pop
culture How did gay people go from being characterized as
dangerous perverts to military heroes and respectable parents? How
did the interests of the LGBT movement and the state converge to
transform mainstream political and legal norms in these areas?
Using civil rights narratives, pop culture, and critical theory,
LGBT Inclusion in American Life tells the story of how
exclusion was transformed into inclusion in US politics and
society, as pop culture changed mainstream Americans thinking about
\"non-gay\" issues, namely privacy, sex and gender norms, and family.
Susan Burgess explores films such as Casablanca , various
James Bond movies, and Julie and Julia , and television
shows such as thirtysomething and The Americans ,
as well as the Broadway sensation Hamilton , as sources of
growing popular support for LGBT rights. By drawing on popular
culture as a rich source of public understanding, Burgess explains
how the greater public came to accept and even support the three
central pillars of LGBT freedoms in the post-World War II era: to
have consensual adult sex without fear of criminal penalty, to
serve openly in the military, and to marry legally. LGBT
Inclusion in American Life argues that pop culture can help us
to imagine unknown futures that lead beyond what we currently
desire from contemporary politics, and in return asks now that the
mainstream public has come to accept LGBT freedoms, where might the
popular imagination be headed in the future?
Publisher
NYU Press,New York University Press
Subject
American Political Development
/ History
/ POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights
/ Sexual minorities -- Civil rights -- United States
/ Sexual minorities -- United States -- History
/ Sexual minorities -- United States -- Public opinion
/ Sexual minorities -- United States -- Social conditions
/ Sexual minorities in popular culture
/ Sexual minorities in popular culture -- United States
/ SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBT Studies / General
ISBN
1479819727, 9781479819720, 9781479819751, 1479819751, 1479819778, 9781479819775
