Homo Economics

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Homo Economics is the first honest account of the tense relationship between gay people and the economy. This groundbreaking collection brings together a variety of voices from the worlds of journalism, activism, academia, the arts, and public policy to address issues including the recent economic history of the gay community, the community's response to its changing economic circumstances, and the risks inherent in a narrow definition of liberation.
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Overview

Homo Economics is the first honest account of the tense relationship between gay people and the economy. This groundbreaking collection brings together a variety of voices from the worlds of journalism, activism, academia, the arts, and public policy to address issues including the recent economic history of the gay community, the community's response to its changing economic circumstances, and the risks inherent in a narrow definition of liberation.
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Editors Gluckman and Reed, members of the progressive Dollars and Sense editorial collective, believe that not much research has been done showing how "the U.S. economy has shaped modern gay life," a problem they attempt to rectify with this unique collection of essays. The essays look at occupations, labor union involvement, living in gay neighborhoods, marketing campaigns targeted at gay consumers, domestic partnership and other benefits, and AIDS. In one remarkable essay, Lee Badgett finds that the sampling of gay and lesbian people in polls is skewed; she maintains that the myth of affluent gays is largely just that and that "it is much more common for lesbian, gay and bisexual people to earn less than heterosexuals." While a few of the 19 essays come across as leftist screeds, the majority thoughtfully examine how gays and lesbians have used American capitalism to start small businesses, benefit their communities, and improve their lives overall. Recommended for larger academic libraries and all gay/lesbian collections.-Richard S. Drezen, "Washington Post" News Research Ctr., Washington, D.C.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780415913799
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication date: 4/3/1997
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Pages: 316
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.66 (d)

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Amy Gluckman and Betsy Reed are the authors of The Gay Marketing Moment, an expose of myths about gay consumers that appeared in Dollars and Sense, a Boston-based progressive economics magazine. They are both members of the Dollars and Sense editorial collective.
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Pt. I A Community Divided 1
1 The Gay Marketing Moment 3
2 A History in Ads: The Growth of the Gay and Lesbian Market 11
3 High Anxiety: I Was a Stepford Queer at the Inaugural Ball 21
4 Sexuality, Class, and Conflict in a Lesbian Workplace 25
5 Gentrification and Gay Neighborhood Formation in New Orleans: A Case Study 45
6 Beyond Biased Samples: Challenging the Myths on the Economic Status of Lesbians and Gay Men 65
7 Lesbian and Gay Occupational Strategies 73
Pt. II The Contradictions of Capitalism for Lesbians and Gay Men: Some Theoretical Perspectives 87
8 Queer Political Economy: The Social Articulation of Desire 89
9 The Political Economy of the Closet: Notes toward an Economic History of Gay and Lesbian Life before Stonewall 123
10 The Sexual Division of Labor, Sexuality, and Lesbian/Gay Liberation: Toward a Marxist-Feminist Analysis of Sexuality in U.S. Capitalism 135
11 Do Gay Men Have a Stake in Male Privilege? The Political Economy of Gay Men's Contradictory Relationship to Feminism 165
12 Homosexual Liberation: A Socialism of the Skin 185
Pt. III Arguments and Activism 193
13 Where Has Gay Liberation Gone? An Interview with Barbara Smith 195
14 The Hoax of "Special Rights": The Right Wing's Attack on Gay Men and Lesbians 209
15 Lavender Labor: A Brief History 223
16 Laboring for Gay Rights: An Interview with Susan Moir 229
17 Class Action: Bringing Economic Diversity to the Gay and Lesbian Movement 241
18 Domestic Partner Benefits: A Primer for Gay and Lesbian Activists 249
19 AIDS and the Moral Economy of Insurance 261
Contributors 275
Index 279
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