De-Moralizing Gay Rights: Some Queer Remarks on Lgbt+ Rights Politics in the Us

by Cyril Ghosh

This book critically interrogates three sets of distortions that emanate from the messianic core of 21st century public discourse on LGBT] rights in the United States. The first relates to the critique of pinkwashing, often advanced by scholars who claim to be committed to an emancipatory politics. The second concerns a recent US Supreme Court decision, Obergefell v. Hodges (2015), a judgment that established marriage equality across...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319788396
• ISBN13: 9783319788395
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"