ABSTRACT
The Ashgate Research Companion to Lesbian and Gay Activism provides scholars and students with a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of the current research in this subject. Each of the 22 specially commissioned chapters develops and summarises their key issue or debate in relation to activism-that is the claims, strategies and mobilisations (including internal debates and divisions, impediments and state responses) of the lesbian and gay movement. By drawing together leading scholars from political science, sociology, anthropology and history this companion provides an up to the minute snapshot of current scholarship as well as signposting several fruitful avenues for future research. This book is both an invaluable resource for scholars and an indispensable teaching tool for use in the classroom.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |74 pages
Lesbian and Gay Activism through Time
chapter |16 pages
Sodomy, Effeminacy, Identity
part |92 pages
Identity and its Discontents
part |94 pages
Social Movement Environment
chapter |16 pages
“Lesbian and gay rights are human rights”
part |84 pages
Claims and Debates