pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
Visit our new collection website www.collectionsforschool.co.uk
     
Email: Subscribe to news & offers:
Need assistance? Log In/Register


Item Details
Title: GAYLAW
CHALLENGING THE APARTHEID OF THE CLOSET
By: William N. Eskridge
Format: Paperback

List price: £36.95
Our price: £29.56
Discount:
20% off
You save: £7.39
ISBN 10: 0674008049
ISBN 13: 9780674008045
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.
 Delivery rates
Stock: Currently 0 available
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 30 April, 2002
Pages: 480
Description: In this text, William Eskridge presents a case for the "sexualization" of the first Amendment, showing why, for example, same-sex ceremonies and intimacy should be considered expressive conduct, deserving the protection of the courts.
Synopsis: This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal issues concerning gender and sexual nonconformity in the United States. Part One, which covers the years from the post-Civil War period to the 1980s, is a history of state efforts to discipline and punish the behavior of homosexuals and other people considered to be deviant. During this period such people could get by only at the cost of suppressing their most basic feelings and emotions. Part Two addresses contemporary issues. Although it is no longer illegal to be openly gay in America, homosexuals still suffer from state discrimination in the military and in other realms, and private discrimination and violence against gays is prevalent. William Eskridge presents a rigorously argued case for the "sexualization" of the First Amendment, showing why, for example, same-sex ceremonies and intimacy should be considered "expressive conduct" deserving the protection of the courts. The author draws on legal reasoning, sociological studies, and history to develop an effective response to the arguments made in defense of the military ban. The concluding part of the book locates the author's legal arguments within the larger currents of liberal theory and integrates them into a general stance toward freedom, gender equality, and religious pluralism.
Illustrations: 16 tables
Publication: US
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Returns: Returnable
Some other items by this author:

TOP SELLERS IN THIS CATEGORY
The Argonauts (Paperback)
Melville House UK
Our Price : £8.02
more details
A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women (Paperback)
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Our Price : £9.48
more details
The Mastery of Love (Paperback)
Amber-Allen Publishing,U.S.
Our Price : £9.48
more details
Gender Trouble (Paperback)
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Our Price : £16.99
more details
The Descent of Man (Paperback)
Penguin Books Ltd
Our Price : £8.02
more details
BROWSE FOR BOOKS IN RELATED CATEGORIES
 SOCIAL SCIENCES
 sociology, social studies
 gender studies


Information provided by www.pickabook.co.uk
SHOPPING BASKET
  
Your basket is empty
  Total Items: 0
 






Early Learning
Little Worried Caterpillar (PB) Little Green knows she''s about to make a big change - transformingfrom a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. Everyone is VERYexcited! But Little Green is VERY worried. What if being a butterflyisn''t as brilliant as everyone says?Join Little Green as she finds her own path ... with just a littlehelp from her friends.
add to basket

Early Learning
add to basket

Picture Book
All the Things We Carry PB What can you carry?A pebble? A teddy? A bright red balloon? A painting you''ve made?A hope or a dream?This gorgeous, reassuring picture book celebrates all the preciousthings we can carry, from toys and treasures to love and hope. With comforting rhymes and fabulous illustrations, this is a warmhug of a picture book.
add to basket