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hb |
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9781595584809 |
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New Press |
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2009-09-08 |
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ITEM OVERVIEW
In this groundbreaking book, playwright and social critic Sarah Schulman explores the family, the first place where all people—straight, gay, and bisexual—learn homophobia. For it is within the family that homophobia begins to control people's lives, whether as perpetrators or recipients.
Schulman uncovers the hidden crime of "familial homophobia" and moves it into the open for social and political scrutiny, illustrating how societal homophobia is rooted in the family but reaches into all levels of social interaction, including how gay people treat each other.Ties That Bind will fundamentally change our understanding of homophobia and will redefine the political landscape not just for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people but for us all.
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