From the birth of the Gay Liberation through the rise of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) in 1987, the global justice movement in 1994, the largest day of antiwar protest in world history in February 2003, the Republican National Convention protests in August 2004, and the massive immigrant rights rallies in the spring of 2006, the streets of cities around the world have been filled with a new theatrical model of protest. Elements of fun, creativity, pleasure, and play are cornerstones of this new approach toward protest and community building. No movement has had a larger influence on the emergence of play in social movement activity than the gay liberation and queer activism of the past thirty years. This book examines the role of play in gay liberation and queer activism, and the ways in which queer notions of play have influenced a broad range of social movements.
| ISBN: | 9780415960960 |
| Publication date: | 7th October 2009 |
| Author: | Benjamin Shepard |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Sociology |
| Genres: |
Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action Cultural studies LGBTQ+ Studies / topics |
From the birth of the Gay Liberation through the rise of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) in 1987, the global justice movement in 1994, the largest day of antiwar protest in world history in February 2003, the Republican National Convention protests in August 2004, and the massive immigrant rights rallies in the spring of 2006, the streets of cities around the world have been filled with a new theatrical model of protest. Elements of fun, creativity, pleasure, and play are cornerstones of this new approach toward protest and community building. No movement has had a larger influence on the emergence of play in social movement activity than the gay liberation and queer activism of the past thirty years. This book examines the role of play in gay liberation and queer activism, and the ways in which queer notions of play have influenced a broad range of social movements.
Queer Political Performance and Protest features in the following genres: LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender studies: women and girls, Regional / International studies, Sociology
Queer Political Performance and Protest is available in Hardback, Ebook
Queer Political Performance and Protest was written by Benjamin Shepard and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Queer Political Performance and Protest has 320 pages
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