The Lavender Vote

Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexuals in American Electoral Politics

Author: Mark Hertzog
ISBN: 9780814735305

2013 Book Award Winner from the International Research Society in Children's Literature   2012 Outstanding Book Award Winner from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education    2012 Winner of the Lois P. Rudnick Book Prize presented by the New England American Studies Association    2012 Runner-Up, John Hope Franklin Publication Prize presented by the American Studies Association   2012 Honorable Mention, Distinguished Book Award presented by the Society for the Study of American Women Writers   Part of the American Literatures Initiative Series     Beginning in the mid nineteenth century in America, childhood became synonymous with innocence—a reversal of the previously-dominant Calvinist belief that children were depraved, sinful creatures. As the idea of childhood innocence took hold, it became racialized: popular culture constructed white children as innocent and vulnerable while excluding black youth from these qualities. Actors, writers, and visual artists then beg

Publisher: NYU Press
Publish Date: 1996-08-01

Subjects: Political Science / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, Social Science / Gay Studies, Social Science / Lesbian Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Politics/Human Rights)