Are We Thinking Straight?: The Politics of Straightness in a Lesbian and Gay Social Movement Organization

Contributor(s): Cortese, Daniel K (Author)

ISBN: 9780415977012

Publisher: Routledge

Hardcover

$225.00

Pub Date: February 1, 2006

Dewey: 306.7660973

LCCN: 2005029589

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.80" H x 8.90" L x 6.20" W ( 0.95 lbs) 228 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: New Approaches in Sociology

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: This book highlights the strategic deployment of a straight identity by an LGBT organization. Cortese explores the ways in which activists strategically use a "straight" identity as a social movement tool in order to successfully achieve the movement objectives.

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