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Officially gay : the political construction of sexuality by the U.S. military / Gary L. Lehring.

By: Series: Queer politics, queer theoriesPublication details: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2003.Description: xi, 229 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1592130348 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1592130356 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355/.0086/640973 21
LOC classification:
  • UB418.G38 L44 2003
Contents:
1. What Is an Official Gay Identity? -- 2. The Emergence of Identity: Epistemological Tenets of the Modern Gay and Lesbian Subject -- 3. Gays in the Military: Constructing the "Homosexual" Other -- 4. Gays in the Military: Identity as "Official" Justification for Exclusion -- 5. Gaze in the Military: Competing Perceptions of Gay Performance -- 6. Don't Kiss and Tell in the Military: Gay Politics and the Clinton Compromise -- 7. Becoming Identity: Public Policy, Gay Identification, and the "Queer" Response.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-222) and index.

1. What Is an Official Gay Identity? -- 2. The Emergence of Identity: Epistemological Tenets of the Modern Gay and Lesbian Subject -- 3. Gays in the Military: Constructing the "Homosexual" Other -- 4. Gays in the Military: Identity as "Official" Justification for Exclusion -- 5. Gaze in the Military: Competing Perceptions of Gay Performance -- 6. Don't Kiss and Tell in the Military: Gay Politics and the Clinton Compromise -- 7. Becoming Identity: Public Policy, Gay Identification, and the "Queer" Response.

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