Gay rights and moral panic: the origins of America's debate on homosexuality

Using the 1977 campaign against the Dade County Florida gay rights ordinance as a focal point, this book provides an examination of the emergence of the modern lesbian and gay American movement, the challenges it posed to the accepted American notions of sexuality, and how American society reacted in turn. FRED FEJES is a Professor of Media Studies at Florida Atlantic University,USA. INDICE: - Lesbians, Gay Men, and 'The Minority Rights Revolution - The Homosexual in the American Public Imaginiation, 1977 - Gay Rights Come to Miami -The Campaign Begins - The Vote - St. Paul, Wichita, Eugene - California, Seattle, Miami - The Gay Rights Debate

• ISBN: 978-1-4039-8069-4
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 292
• Fecha Publicación: 14/10/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés