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Gay & Lesbian Studies / American Studies / Media Studies

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Queer in America Sex, the Media, and the Closets of Power Third Edition Michelangelo Signorile Updated, with a new chapter "I consider Queer in America one of the most important books of the twentieth century."—Larry Kramer, author of Faggots In this tenth-anniversary edition, journalist Michelangelo Signorile updates his classic Queer in America, the bestseller that exposed the hypocrisy and prejudice that pervade mainstream American institutions. This third edition includes a new preface and a new chapter with an eye-opening critique of present-day America and its attitude toward gays and lesbians. "A journalistic history of gay activism in the AIDS era, a coming-of-age coming-out memoir, a manual for guerrilla politics in the Age of Information, and even a utopian blueprint for the high-tech liberation of coming generations of lesbians and gay men. Queer in America will open minds as well as closets."—Washington Post "Signorile has almost single-handedly transformed the American political landscape."—Boston Phoenix "[Queer in America's] greatest contribution lies not in [its] defense of outing, but in its critical analysis of the closet. Signorile proposes that the closet, while a private tragedy, is also a public institution, one that's actively maintained by the media, the political establishment, and the entertainment industry. . . . A provocative idea from a provocative thinker [whom] you may embrace or detest, but you can't easily dismiss."—New York Newsday Michelangelo Signorile is a syndicated columnist and lives in New York City.

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