Gay Men and the Left in Post-War Britain - How the Personal Got Political

Informationen zum Autor Lucy Robinson is Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Sussex Klappentext When the personal became political it changed British politics for ever. Gay men and the left, available in paperback for the first time, explores the enormous impact that gay politics had on the landscape of post-war Britain. Zusammenfassung When the personal became political it changed British politics for ever. Gay men and the left! available in paperback for the first time! explores the enormous impact that gay politics had on the landscape of post-war Britain. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsIntroduction1. Politics and culture - homosexuality and the left in post-war Britain2. Reporting change - law reform, homosexual identity and the role of the counter-culture3. Praxis, protest and performance - gay liberation 1969-19734. The left gets personal - identity, performance and the left 1972-19795. The next big thing - from gay left collective to Greater London Council, paedophile identity and the state of the left6. Confronting Thatcher - The Bermondsey by-election, lesbians and gays support the miners and AIDS activismConclusionSelected BibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Robinson, Dr. Lucy Robinson, Lucy Robinson, Lucy Dr Robinson
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2011
• EAN: 9780719086397
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8639-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Critical Labour Movement Studies; Critical Labour Movement Studi; Critical Labour Movement Studi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories