Reinventing the male homosexual : the rhetoric and power of the gay gene / Robert Alan Brookey.

Reinventing the Male Homosexual: The Rhetoric and Power of the Gay Gene examines the assumption that embracing the biological research on homosexuality is a viable political strategy for the gay rights movement. The biological argument for gay rights is treated as a "bio-rhetoric," a means...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Brookey, Robert Alan, 1959-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, 2002.
Series:Race, gender, and science.
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Summary:Reinventing the Male Homosexual: The Rhetoric and Power of the Gay Gene examines the assumption that embracing the biological research on homosexuality is a viable political strategy for the gay rights movement. The biological argument for gay rights is treated as a "bio-rhetoric," a means of incorporating scientific research into public debates. The book investigates the biological research on which this gay rights argument is based, and explores how male homosexuality is conceptualized in the fields of.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 167 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0253108918
9780253108913
1282062719
9781282062719
9786612062711
6612062711
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.