New Right Discourse on Race and Sexuality

Britain, 1968-1990

Bibliographic Data

ID22373254
AuthorsAnna Marie Smith
Year2009
Publication date2009-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
Reviewed byNew Right Discourse on Race and Sexuality: Britain 1968-1990, C Alexander, 1996
VenueNew Right Discourse on Race and Sexuality (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511518676
ISBN9780511518676
Open LibraryOL34440961M
LanguageEN
Citations received187

The first book in the Cultural Margins series is a 1994 study of racism and homophobia in British politics, which demonstrates the demonisation of blacks, lesbians, and gays in New Right discourse. Anna Marie Smith develops theoretical insights from literary and cultural critics, including Nietzsche, Foucault, Derrida, Hall, and Gilroy, to produce detailed readings of two key moments in New Right discourse: the speeches of Enoch Powell on black immigration (1968–72) and the legislative campaign of the late 1980s to prohibit the promotion of homosexuality. Her analysis challenges the silence on racism and homophobia in previous studies of Thatcherism and the New Right, and shows how demonisation of lesbians and gays depends on previous demonisations of black immigrant and criminal figures. Overall, this book offers a devastating critique of racism and homophobia in late twentieth-century Britain.

1979-1997 · 20th century · Conservatism · Great britain · History · Homoseksualiteit · Homosexuality · Organizacao social · Politica (europa) · politics and government · Prejudice · Public opinion · Publieke opinie · race relations · Racismo (sociologia) · Rassenverhoudingen · Rechts (politiek) · Sexo e sexualidade (sociologia) · Sexual orientation · Sexuality