Desiring Sameness? The Rise of a Neoliberal Politics of Normalisation

Working the Spaces of Neoliberalism: Activism, Professionalisation and Incorporation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 122-142

  Richardson, Diane ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

"equal rights," and lesbian and gay movements in the USA; "politics of citizenship," dominance in sexual politics; AIDS activism, and splits, gay men's health crisis and ACT UP; Changing politics of sexuality, demands for "equal rights"; Lesbian and gay activism, new form of sexual politics; Lesbian and gay movements, a new level of accountability; Lesbian gay usage, on significance of gender differences; Neoliberal politics of normalization, demands for sameness; Neoliberal politics, "sameness" with the heterosexuals; Rights of individuals, "equality" within the mainstream

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955957838     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444397437.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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