Straights: Heterosexuality in Post-Closeted Culture

by James Joseph Dean

Book Overview

Explores how straight Americans make sense of their sexual and gendered selves

Since the Stonewall Riots in 1969, the politics of sexual identity in America have drastically transformed. It's almost old news that recent generations of Americans have grown up in a culture more accepting of out lesbians and gay men, seen the proliferation of LGBTQ media representation, and witnessed the attainment of a range of legal rights for same-sex...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814764592
• ISBN13: 9780814764596
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"