Description
Product ID: | 9781788732406 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Radical Thinkers Set 17 |
Title: | Homosexuality |
Subtitle: | Power and Politics |
Authors: | Author: Gay Left Collective |
Page Count: | 224 |
Subjects: | LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, Gay & Lesbian studies, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Political activism / Political engagement, Marxism & Communism, Political activism |
Description: | Select Guide Rating After the leading organizations of radical sexual politics - the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Marxist Group - imploded or dissolved, the Gay Left Collective formed a research group to make sense of the changing terrain of sexuality and politics writ large. Its goal was to formulate a rigorous Marxist analysis of sexual oppression, while linking together the struggle against homophobia with a wider array of struggles, all under the banner of socialism. This anthology combines the very best of their work, exploring masculinity and workplace organizing, counterculture and disco, the survivals of victorian morality and the onset of the HIV/AIDS crisis. A socialist journal edited by gay men in the 1970s After the leading organizations of radical sexual politics - the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Marxist Group - imploded or dissolved, the Gay Left Collective formed a research group to make sense of the changing terrain of sexuality and politics writ large. Its goal was to formulate a rigorous Marxist analysis of sexual oppression, while linking together the struggle against homophobia with a wider array of struggles, all under the banner of socialism. This anthology combines the very best of their work, exploring masculinity and workplace organizing, counterculture and disco, the survivals of victorian morality and the onset of the HIV/AIDS crisis. |
Imprint Name: | Verso Books |
Publisher Name: | Verso Books |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2018-10-02 |