My American History: Lesbian and Gay Life During the Reagan/Bush Years (Women on women) - Softcover

Schulman, Sarah

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9780304331673: My American History: Lesbian and Gay Life During the Reagan/Bush Years (Women on women)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0304331678 ISBN 13: 9780304331673

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 1995

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This work traces the development of lesbian and gay politics in the US during the Reagan and Bush administrations. It combines a critical commentary with a rich and varied collection of news articles, interviews and reports. The work: chronicles the debates that shaped the radical lesbian and gay movement - from the inauguration of Ronald Reagan and the abortion rights movement to the founding of the ACT-UP and the recent explosion on the scene of Lesbian Avengers; documents the political history of the era; provides insights into lesbian and gay cultural developments; highlights the intrinsic homophobia of American society during the Reagan/Bush years, and provides the basis for discussions about the ways forward in the fight for equality in Britain and the rest of the world; and includes detailed and illustrated excerpts from the Lesbian Avenger's Handbook.

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Review:

"Tough, smart, original and savvy...." -"San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle "Politics doesn't always make for satisfying fiction but it can make for powerful and transforming manifestos, as Sarah Schulman proves in this collection of her reporting pieces in the alternative press over the last decade.." -"Lambda Book Report "This is a dazzling trip through a tumultuous era . . . [a] fine and fearless, absorbing and exciting book. It's required reading for activists of all stripes." -"The Advocate ..."the book serves as a community-based timeline of lesbian and gay life in the United States...With the latter works, it's clear that Schulman has grown as a writer, and into more vibrant forums." -"Guardian, May 1994 ..."[the] brief commentaries that update us on the development of the issues discussed place them in greater perspective." -"Booklist of The American Library Association, May 1994

About the Author:

Sarah Schulman is Distinguished Professor of English at the College of Staten Island, CUNY, USA. She is a novelist, playwright, screenwriter, nonfiction writer, AIDS historian, journalist, and active participant citizen.

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