Warped: Gay Normality and Queer Anti-Capitalism

460 Pages·2015·2.61 MB·English

by  Peter Drucker

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Contents
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Preface
1
Introduction: What’s at Stake?  
41
Understanding Same-Sex Histories  
(cid:160) (cid:11)(cid:14)(cid:130)(cid:136)
Origins of Gay Normality
71
Prologue: Before Homosexuality  
99
1 Imperialism and Inversion  
161
2 Fordism and Gay Identity  
(cid:160) (cid:24)(cid:14)(cid:130)(cid:136)
Gay Normality Under Neoliberalism
921
3 Homonormativity and Queer  
972
4 The Sexual Politics of Neoliberalism  
(cid:160) (cid:4)(cid:14)(cid:130)(cid:136)
Challenges for a Queer Anti-Capitalism
307
5 Towards a Queer Sexual Politics  
353
6 Queering Broader Movements  
383
Conclusion: The Principle of Hope  
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References
(cid:17)(cid:17)425
Index

Preface
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