Selling out : the gay and lesbian movement goes to market
Alexandra Chasin (Author)
"The central question that drives Selling Out is: What is the relationship between the gay and lesbian niche market and the movement that fights for the civil rights of gay men and lesbians? By looking at specific sites where the market and the movement interact - namely, the gay and lesbian press, advertising, boycotting, and the funding of gay and lesbian nonprofits - Chasin exposes the dynamics of race, gender, and class, as well the ubiquitous nationalism, that inform both commercial and political practices in the gay and lesbian community. Wary of cultural assimilation and political mainstreaming, Selling Out ultimately argues that identity-based consumption and identity politics are closely related and together stand opposed to progressive social change."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2000
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St. Martin's Press, New York, 2000
xxi, 344 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
9780312214494, 9780312239268, 0312214499, 0312239262
42038308
Preface Introduction Caveat Emptor, or Buyer Beware! The Gay and Lesbian Press and the 'Business of Liberation' Advertising and the Promise of Consumption Boycotts will be Boycotts Strings Attached: How Money Moves the Movement Stealing This Show: Away from Identity and Toward Economic Justice Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture