Oklahomo :: lessons in unqueering America /

"By exploring the scandal-filled lives of four Oklahomans, this book demonstrates how unqueering operates in a conservative American context. Carol Mason weaves a story about how homogenizing, antigay ideas evolve from generation to generation so that they achieve particular economic, imperial,...

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Main Author: Mason, Carol, 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : SUNY Press, [2015]
Series:SUNY series in queer politics and cultures.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"By exploring the scandal-filled lives of four Oklahomans, this book demonstrates how unqueering operates in a conservative American context. Carol Mason weaves a story about how homogenizing, antigay ideas evolve from generation to generation so that they achieve particular economic, imperial, racial, and gendered goals. Using engaging and accessible commentary on antigay crusaders (Sally Kern and Anita Bryant) and two queer teachers dismissed from their positions (Billy James Hargis and Bruce Goff), Mason illustrates how the lives of these figures represent paradigmatic moments in conservative confrontations with queers and help us to understand the conflation of terrorism with homosexuality, which dates back to the McCarthy era"--Provided by publisher
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 217 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781438457192
1438457197