Selling out
Subtitle: the gay and lesbian movement goes to market
By: Alexandra Chasin.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: Gay consumers -- United States; Lesbian consumers -- United States; Gay liberation movement -- United States
Description: "The central question that drives Selling Out is: What is the relationship between the gay and lesbian niche market and the movement that fights for the civil rights of gay men and lesbians?

By looking at specific sites where the market and the movement interact - namely, the gay and lesbian press, advertising, boycotting, and the funding of gay and lesbian nonprofits - Chasin exposes the dynamics of race, gender, and class, as well the ubiquitous nationalism, that inform both commercial and political practices in the gay and lesbian community.

Wary of cultural assimilation and political mainstreaming, Selling Out ultimately argues that identity-based consumption and identity politics are closely related and together stand opposed to progressive social change."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-336) and index.