The Trouble with Normal: Sex, Politics and the Ethics of Queer Life - Hardcover

Warner, Michael

 
9780684865294: The Trouble with Normal: Sex, Politics and the Ethics of Queer Life

Synopsis

In this essay on the dangers of "normality", Michael Warner sends a warning shot to the gay rights movement, which has cleaned up its image in order to blend in with the mainstream. He presents an analysis of the politics of shame and the stigma of sexual identity.

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About the Author

Michael Warner, Ph.D., is Professor of English at Rutgers University, where he teaches American Literature and Queer Studies. He is the author of The Letters of the Republic, American Sermons: The Pilgrims to Martin Luther King, and Editor of Fear of a Queer Planet. He also writes for The Nation, The Advocate, The Village Voice, and other periodicals. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2000
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