Feeling Backward: Loss And The Politics Of Queer History

Love weighs the costs of the contemporary move to the mainstream in lesbian and gay culture. While widening tolerance for same-sex marriage and gay-themed media brings clear benefits, assimilation entails losses hard to identify or mourn, since many aspects of historical gay culture are so closely associated with the pain and shame of the closet.

• | By (Author): Heather Love
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 30, 2009
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 206 pages
• | Language: Not Available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 067403239X
• | ISBN-13: 9780674032392