Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte : sans médiation

Auteur(s) : Ward, Jane  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : Respectably queer [Texte imprimé] : diversity culture in LGBT activist organizations / Jane Ward

Publication : Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, c2008

Description matérielle : x, 178 p. ; 23 cm

Comprend : Introduction: the co-optation of diversity ; The mainstreaming of intersectionality: ; Doing identity politics in a diversity culture ; Getting skilled in queer diversity: Christopher Street West ; Celebrating queer diversity: the L.A. gay & lesbian center ; Funding queer diversity: bienestar ; Defying "diversity as usual": queering intersectionality.

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-173) and index
"Respectably Queer reveals how neoliberal ideas about difference are becoming embedded in the daily life of a progressive movement and producing frequent conflicts over the meaning of "diversity." The author shows how queer activists are learning from the corporate model to leverage their differences to compete with other non-profit groups, enhance their public reputation or moral standing, and establish their diversity-related expertise. Ward argues that this instrumentalization of diversity has increased the demand for predictable and easily measurable forms of difference, a trend at odds with queer resistance." "Ward traces the standoff between the respectable world of "diversity awareness" and the often vulgar, sexualized, and historically unprofessional world of queer pride festivals. She spotlights dissenting voices in a queer organization where diversity has become synonymous with tedious and superficial workplace training. And she shows how activists fight back when prevailing diversity discourses - the ones that "diverse" people are compelled to use in order to receive funding - simply don't fit."--Jacket.

Sujet(s) : Minorités sexuelles -- États-Unis  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Homosexuels -- États-Unis  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Numéros : ISBN 9780826516060 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0826516068 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 9780826516077 (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0826516076 (pbk.) (alk. paper)

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