The elastic closet
Scott Eric Gunther · 2009
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About the book
"Like any good closet, the French Republic has served both to protect and to restrain its gay citizens, keeping expressions of both prohomosexual and antihomosexual sentiment within a narrower range than has been the case in places like the United States - where both "gay pride" and homophobia tend to be expressed more aggressively. The Elastic Closet examines the interconnected realms of law (from legal discrimination under Vichy to antihate speech legislation in 2004), politics (from the homophiles of the 1950s to distinctly French articulations of queer radicalism now), and the media (from postwar journals like Arcadie to Tetu and PinkTV today), with a focus on the relationship between French republican values and the possibilities they have offered for change in each of these three spheres. It is a reminder that in foreign places other logics produce different, yet equally legitimate, strategies adapted to the specific constraints of their particular environments."--BOOK JACKET.
Book details
- Year
- 2009
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 166
- ISBN
- 9780230221055
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