Forging Gay Identities Organizing Sexuality in San Francisco, 1950-1994

Name: Forging Gay Identities Organizing Sexuality in San Francisco, 1950-1994
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ISBN: 9780226026947

ISBN-10: 0226026949

ISBN-13: 9780226026947

Edition: 2002

Authors: Elizabeth A. Armstrong

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Unlike many social movements, the gay and lesbian struggle for visibility and rights has succeeded in combining a unified group identity with the celebration of individual differences. Armstrong explores how this happened, developing a new approach that draws on both social movement and organizational theory.

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 12/15/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 290
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.90" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Elizabeth A. Armstrong is Associate Professor of Sociology and Organizational Studies at University of Michigan.



Contents List of Tables and Figures


Preface


Acknowledgments


Note on Use of Identity Terms



The Transformation of the Lesbian/Gay Movement


Part 1



Forging a Gay Identity Movement



Beginnings: Homosexual Politics and Organizations, 1950-1968



Innovation: Gay Liberation and the Origins of Coming Out, 1969-1970



Opportunity: Gay Liberation and the Decline of the New Left, 1969-1973



The Crystallization of a Gay Identity Movement, 1971-1973


Part 2



Consequences of Field Formation



Success: Growth of a Gay Identity Movement in the 1970s



Exclusions: Gender, Race, and Class in the Gay Identity Movement



Challenge: The Effect of AIDS on the Gay Identity Movement, 1981-1994



Continuity and Change: The Gay Identity Movement in the 1980s and 1990s


Part



Conclusion



Institutions, Social Movements, and American Political Culture


Appendix: Constructing a Database of San Francisco's Lesbian/Gay Organizations


Notes


Works Cited


Index