The Queer Question: Essays on Desire and Democracy - Softcover

Tucker, Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0896085775 ISBN 13: 9780896085770

Publisher: South End Press, 1999

Synopsis

Noted writer and activist Scott Tucker calls to radicals and queers to be true to the democratic potential of the United States. He targets homophobia and anti-sex sentiment within the traditional Left, racism and red-baiting among queers, narrow definitions of "family values," and a democracy that is limited to the chosen few.

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Reviews

The author, a gay health activist and journalist, offers a progressive vision of democracy as an experiment, a process in need of constant renewal, as seen through the lens of the gay rights movement. The essays cover such topics as the right to privacy vs. the right to live openly in the world, the need to redefine the family to include the true nature of relations in modern society, feminism and gay porn, and the reinvigoration of what the author views as an all too moribund social democratic agenda now abandoned by the traditional left wing in the United States. Tucker has an effective, almost relentless gift for pushing the envelope of an argument, taking nothing for granted and questioning every position, including his own. This challenging, often provocative work by a distinctive voice of a newer, more radicalized left is highly recommended for academic and larger public collections.?Jeffery Ingram, Newport P.L., Ore.
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Edition details

• Publisher: South End Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0896085775
• ISBN 13: 9780896085770
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 255