Freedom to Differ: The Shaping of the Gay and Lesbian Struggle for Civil Rights

by Diane Miller

Many of us have grown up with the language of civil rights, yet rarely consider how the construction of civil rights claims affects those who are trying to attain them. Diane Miller examines arguments lesbians and gay men make for civil rights, revealing the ways these arguments are both progressive--in terms of helping to win court cases seeking basic human rights--and limiting--in terms of framing representations of gay men and lesbians.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081475595X
• ISBN13: 9780814755952
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"