Brett Krutzsch

Dying to Be Normal

Gay Martyrs and the Transformation of American Sexual Politics

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Produktbeschreibung

The first book to detail how gay martyrs have influenced national debates over LGBT rights, Dying to Be Normal establishes how religion has shaped gay assimilation in the United States and the mainstreaming of particular gays as "normal" Americans worthy of equal rights.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 165mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780190685218
• ISBN-10: 0190685212
• Artikelnr.: 53534582

Autorenporträt

Brett Krutzsch is Coordinator of the Center for Religion and Media and Instructor in the Department of Religious Studies at New York University. His scholarship examines intersections of religion, sexuality, gender, race, and politics in the United States.

Inhaltsangabe

* Dedication
* List of illustrations
* Acknowledgments
* Introduction: Memorialization, Gay Assimilation, and American
Religion
* Chapter One: The "Gay M.L.K.": Harvey Milk
* Chapter Two: The "Crucifixion" of "Anyone's Gay Son": Matthew Shepard
* Chapter Three: The "Epidemic of Bullying and Gay Teen Suicides":
Tyler Clementi and It Gets Better
* Chapter Four: "The Place Where Two Discriminations Meet": Race,
Gender, and the Threat of Violence
* Epilogue: The Pulse Nightclub Massacre and the Queer Potential of
Memorialization
* Notes
* Selected Bibliography
* Index