Oklahomo: lessons in unqueering America

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Title: Oklahomo: lessons in unqueering America; SUNY series in queer politics and cultures
Creator: Carol Mason
Subject: Christian conservatism; Christian conservatism Oklahoma; Christian conservatism United States; Conservatism; Conservatism Oklahoma; Conservatisme Oklahoma; Conservatisme chrétien Oklahoma; Conservatisme chrétien États-Unis; Gay rights; Gay rights United States; Goff, Bruce; Homophobia; Homophobia Oklahoma; Homophobia Religious aspects Christianity; Homophobia United States; Homosexuels Droits États-Unis; Oklahoma; Queer theory; Théorie queer; United States
Abstract: "By exploring the scandal-filled lives of four Oklahomans, this book demonstrates how unqueering operates in a conservative American context. Carol Mason weaves a story about how homogenizing, antigay ideas evolve from generation to generation so that they achieve particular economic, imperial, racial, and gendered goals. Using engaging and accessible commentary on antigay crusaders (Sally Kern and Anita Bryant) and two queer teachers dismissed from their positions (Billy James Hargis and Bruce Goff), Mason illustrates how the lives of these figures represent paradigmatic moments in conservative confrontations with queers and help us to understand the conflation of terrorism with homosexuality, which dates back to the McCarthy era"--Provided by publisher
Publisher: Albany; SUNY Press, State University of New York Press
Date: 2015
number of pages: 217
Language: eng
isbn: 978-1-4384-5717-8
short title: Oklahomo
uri: https://www.worldcat.org/title/890107274
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