Gay Men and the Left in Post-War Britain
Subtitle: How the Personal Got Political (Critical Labour Movement Studies)
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: April 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780719074349
Subjects: Gay studies (Gay men); Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Social Science; History - General History; Sociology; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; Gay Studies; Political History; Social History; Social Science / Gender Studies; Gender Studies
Description: "This timely book demonstrates how the personal became political in post-war Britain, and argues that attention to gay activism can help us to fundamentally rethink the nature of post-war politics." "There is an assumption among many of today's politicians that young people are apathetic and disengaged. This book argues that these politicians are looking in the wrong place. People now feel that they can impact the world through the way in which they live, shop, have sex and organise their private lives. Robinson shows that gay men and their politics have been central to this change in the post-war world."--Jacket.