Gay Liberation after May '68
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23535455 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Guy Hocquenghem, Shuli Branson |
| Translators | Scott Branson |
| Year | 2022 |
| Publication date | 2022-02-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Gay Liberation after May '68 (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/9781478022695 |
| OpenAlex | W4213271735 |
| ISBN | 9781478022695 |
| Open Library | OL38059009M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In Gay Liberation after May ’68, first published in France in 1974 and appearing here in English for the first time, Guy Hocquenghem details the rise of the militant gay liberation movement alongside the women’s movement and other revolutionary organizing. Writing after the apparent failure and eventual selling out of the revolutionary dream of May 1968, Hocquenghem situates his theories of homosexual desire in the realm of revolutionary practice, arguing that revolutionary movements must be rethought through ideas of desire and sexuality that undo stable gender and sexual identities. Throughout, he persists in a radical vision of the world framed through a queerness that can dismantle the oppressions of capitalism and empire, the family, institutions, and, ultimately, civilization. The articles, communiques, and manifestos that compose the book give an archival glimpse at the issues queer revolutionaries faced while also speaking to today’s radical queers as they look to transform their world.
Dream · Empire · Human sexuality · Liberation movement · Militant · Political science · Politics · Queer · Realm · Sexual revolution · Sociology · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Europe · France · Gay activists · Gay liberation movement · Gay Studies · History · LGBTQ Studies · Social movements · Social Science
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |