Thomas J. Linneman

Weathering Change (eBook, ePUB)

Gays and Lesbians, Christian Conservatives, and Everyday Hostilities

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Pacific Northwest is known for its diverse, unusual politics. There are thriving gay and lesbian communities and populations of staunchly conservative Christians. Both groups wield political power out of proportion to their numbers and yet both feel beleaguered. How do members of these groupsboth community leaders and everyday citizensperceive the political climates that surround them
This book tells a tale of two Northwestern cities: Seattle, well known nationally for its liberalism, and Spokane, its conservative cousin to the east. Weathering Change characterizes the ways these liberal and conservative environments translate into hostility and hospitality for the Christian conservatives, gay men, and lesbians who live within them. Linneman gives us a firsthand account of how people from both groups think about social change in relation to the media, the public, the government, their communities, and their opposition. Indeed, we gain much needed insight into why Christian conservatives view the progress of the gay and lesbian movement as such a threat.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780814752876
• Artikelnr.: 49749506

Autorenporträt

Thomas J. Linneman is Associate Professor of Sociology at The College of William and Mary. He is the author of Weathering Change: Gays and Lesbians, Christian Conservatives, and Everyday Hostilities (NYU Press 2003).