{"product_id":"lgbt-inclusion-in-american-life-9781479819720","title":"LGBT Inclusion in American Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compelling explanation of the American public's acceptance of LGBT freedoms through the lens of pop culture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow did gay people go from being characterized as dangerous perverts to military heroes and respectable parents? How did the interests of the LGBT movement and the state converge to transform mainstream political and legal norms in these areas?\u003cbr\u003eUsing civil rights narratives, pop culture, and critical theory, \u003ci\u003eLGBT Inclusion in American Life\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of how exclusion was transformed into inclusion in US politics and society, as pop culture changed mainstream Americans thinking about non-gay issues, namely privacy, sex and gender norms, and family. Susan Burgess explores films such as \u003ci\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/i\u003e, various James Bond movies, and \u003ci\u003eJulie and Julia\u003c\/i\u003e, and television shows such as \u003ci\u003ethirtysomething\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the Broadway sensation \u003ci\u003eHamilton\u003c\/i\u003e, as sources of growing popular support for LGBT rights. By drawin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating and path-breaking account of how pop culture reflected and produced the dramatic sea-change in American attitudes and policy towards LBGTQ+ persons. A rare combination of sophisticated theory and page-turning writing. A book you can assign in class and take to the beach.\" * Mark A. Graber, author of A New Introduction to American Constitutionalism *\u003cbr\u003e\"This dazzling volume explains the recent trajectory of LGBT inclusion in American law, politics, and institutions through pop culture. By ‘queering political time,’ Susan Burgess builds a satisfying, nuanced explanation for the successes and failures of LGBT politics. Her work helps us to acknowledge fully the current dangerous resistance to LGBT rights and inclusion, but ultimately issues a compelling—and kind—invitation to imagine and build a just, inclusive, and democratic future. The hopeful book we need now!\" * Julie Novkov, author of Racial Union: Law, Intimacy, and the White State in Alabama, 1865-1954 *\u003cbr\u003e\"Burgess brilliantly integrates analysis of popular cultural narratives with traditional theories of progressive social change to explain how LGBT rights and liberties came to be accepted in mainstream politics. The book offers creative, often surprising, and always edifying interpretations of movies, television series, musicals, and other manifestations of pop culture to develop her argument. All in all, Burgess once again demonstrates that she is one of the most astute and provocative contemporary analysts of American political culture. Highly recommended!\" * Michael McCann, co-author of Union by Law: Filipino American Labor Activists, Rights Radicalism, and Racial Capitalism *\u003cbr\u003e\"The exchange of influence between pop culture and American politics flows in both directions, and sometimes becomes knotted in complex ways.... The book is a kind of gauntlet thrown down before the author’s colleagues, challenging them to think outside the ballot box.\" -- Scott McLemee * Inside Higher Ed *\u003cbr\u003e\"Although Burgess uses ‘pop culture to better understand political transformation’ (p.21), she accomplishes much more. She brings insights from queer theory and critical race studies—notions of nonlinear time and of pop culture as both sources of challenge and tools of status quo reinforcement—to bear on key concepts of American political development, including political time and cyclical patterns of political change.\" * Perspectives on Politics *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409062076759,"sku":"9781479819720","price":55.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781479819720.jpg?v=1730505294","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lgbt-inclusion-in-american-life-9781479819720","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}