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Author Mason, Carol, 1964- author.

Title Oklahomo : lessons in unqueering America / Carol Mason.

Publication Info. Albany : SUNY Press, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 217 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium monochrome
Description text file
Series SUNY series in queer politics and cultures
SUNY series in queer politics and cultures.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Unqueering America : an introduction -- Sally Kern : the queer terrorist in Middle America -- Anita Bryant : Oklahoma roots and national fruits -- Billy James Hargis : sinister, Satanic sex -- Bruce Goff : how to stop enjoying and learn to fear queer art -- Queer times in Wal-Mart country : a meandering conclusion.
Summary "By exploring the scandal-filled lives of four Oklahomans, this book demonstrates how unqueering operates in a conservative American context. Carol Mason weaves a story about how homogenizing, antigay ideas evolve from generation to generation so that they achieve particular economic, imperial, racial, and gendered goals. Using engaging and accessible commentary on antigay crusaders (Sally Kern and Anita Bryant) and two queer teachers dismissed from their positions (Billy James Hargis and Bruce Goff), Mason illustrates how the lives of these figures represent paradigmatic moments in conservative confrontations with queers and help us to understand the conflation of terrorism with homosexuality, which dates back to the McCarthy era"--Provided by publisher.
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Language English.
Subject Homophobia -- Oklahoma.
Homophobia.
Oklahoma.
Homophobia -- United States.
United States.
Homophobia -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Homophobia -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Conservatism -- Oklahoma.
Conservatism.
Christian conservatism -- Oklahoma.
Christian conservatism.
Christian conservatism -- United States.
Gay rights -- United States.
Gay rights.
Queer theory.
Queer theory.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Homophobia.
Gay rights.
Queer theory.
Other Form: Print version: Mason, Carol, 1964- Oklahomo. Albany : SUNY Press, [2015] 9781438457178 1438457170 (DLC) 2014034011 (OCoLC)890107274
ISBN 9781438457192 (electronic book)
1438457197 (electronic book)
9781438457178
1438457170