Queer Wars

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-7456-9868-7
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 120 Seiten, Format (B × H): 135 mm x 205 mm, Gewicht: 321 g

The claim that ?LGBT rights are human rights? encounters fierce opposition in many parts of the world, as governments and religious leaders have used resistance to ?LGBT rights? to cast themselves as defenders of traditional values against neo-colonial interference and western decadence.

Queer Wars explores the growing international polarization over sexual rights, and the creative responses from social movements and activists, some of whom face murder, imprisonment or rape because of their perceived sexuality or gender expression.

This book asks why sexuality and gender identity have become so vexed an issue between and within nations, and how we can best advocate for change.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Altman, Dennis

Symons, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Queer Wars: How should we respond to global polarization over gay rights?

Chapter 1: Setting the Agenda

Chapter 2: The Emergence of a Global Movement

Chapter 3: Queer Rights as Human Rights

Chapter 4: The Conservative Backlash

Chapter 5: International Polarization

Chapter 6: What is to be done?

Notes

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dennis Altman is Professorial Fellow in Human Security at La Trobe University

Jonathan Symons is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Macquarie University