Officially gay : the political construction of sexuality by the U .S. military / Gary L. Lehring.
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TextPublication details: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2003.Description: xi, 229 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: - 1592130348
- 1592130356 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-222) and index.
Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments --Introduction --1 What Is an Official Gay Identity? --2 The Emergence of Identity: Episte mological Tenets of the Modern Gay and Lesbian Subject --3 Gays in the Military: Constructing the "Homosexual" Other --4 Gays in the Military: Identity as "Official" Justification for Exclusion --5 Gaze in the Mil itary: Competing Perceptions of Gay Performance --6 Don't Kiss and Tell in the Military: Gay Politics and the Clinton Compromise --7 Becoming Identity: Public Policy, Gay Identification, and the "Queer" Response.
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