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Synopsis
"A pleasure...a really sensitive, lucid account of his personal liberation...a penetrating analysis of the political premises and goals and philosophical background of the movement."
The New York Times
"The one to read...may very well be the most intelligible and best written books on the subject."
The Minneapolis Tribune
When Homosexual: Oppression and Liberation was first published in 1971, The New York Review of Books, hailed it as the only work that bears comparison...with the best to appear from Women's Liberation. Time wrote that, among the whole tumble of homosexuals who have `come out of the closet', perhaps best among these accounts is a book by Dennis Altman.
Long out of print, Homosexual: Oppression and Liberation remains a seminal work in the gay liberation movement. Altman examines the different positions promoting gay liberation, and recognizes the healthy diversity in these divisions. Elaborating on the writers of the emergent movement--James Baldwin, Allen Ginsberg, Christopher Isherwood, Herbert Marcuse, Kate Millett, and others--Homosexual suggests that we can nurture a common, progressive movement out of our shared sexuality and experience of a heterosexist society. Today, in the age of AIDS, ACT UP, and Queer Nation, the possibility of such commonality is of critical importance.
Jeffrey Weeks's new introduction places Homosexual: Oppression and Liberation in its historical context, while the author's new afterword examines its significance in light of today's lesbian and gay movement.
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About the Author
Dennis Altman is the author of seven books including The Homosexualization of America, AIDS in the Mind of America, and the forthcoming The Comfort of Men. He teaches politics at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
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Allen Lane/Penguin, London, United Kingdom, 1974
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Revised Edition. Explores the many ways that homosexuals were oppressed in the United States in the 1970s, when psychology still classified homosexuality as a "deviant mental illness,'' based on the author's visits (from his home in Australia, where he was a university professor) to San Francisco & New York, where he became deeply involved in the new Gay Liberation Movement. Orig. published in 1971, this is the Revised British Edition from 1974. First Printing from 1970. In 252 pages, with extensive Bibliography. Trade paperback is in Near Fine condition: completely clean & bright, feels never opened! Pages white & unmarked save for former owner's stamp to ffep. Binding straight & strong. Only flaw is tiny nick to center spine where it meets back cover. Else, as new! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Seller Inventory # 022633
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