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- catalog abstract "In this David A.J. Richards combines an interpretive history of culture and law, political philosophy, and constitutional analysis to explain the background, development, and growing impact of two human rights movements: feminism and gay rights. Richards argues that both movements are extensions of rights-based dissent, rooted in antebellum abolitionist feminism that condemned both American racism and sexism. He sees the progressive role of such radical dissent as a moral voice in the American constitutional tradition. He examines the role of dissident African Americans, Jews, women, and homosexuals in forging alternative visions of rights-based democracy. He also draws attention to Walt Whitman's poetry, showing how it made space for the voices of homosexuals in public and private culture. According to Richards, contemporary feminism rediscovers and elaborates this earlier tradition. And, similarly, the movement for gay rights builds upon an interpretation of abolitionist feminism developed by Whitman in his defense, both in poetry and prose, of love between men. Richards explores Whitman's impact on pro-gay advocates, including John Addington Symonds, Havelock Ellis, Edward Carpenter, Oscar Wilde, and André Gide. He also discusses other writers and reformers such as Margaret Sanger, Franz Boas, Elizabeth Stanton, W.E.B. DuBois, and Adrienne Rich. Richards addresses controversies such as the exclusion of homosexuals from the military and from the right to marriage and concludes with a defense of the struggle for such constitutional rights in terms of the principles of rights-based feminism.--From publisher's description.".
- catalog contributor b10684372.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "In this David A.J. Richards combines an interpretive history of culture and law, political philosophy, and constitutional analysis to explain the background, development, and growing impact of two human rights movements: feminism and gay rights. Richards argues that both movements are extensions of rights-based dissent, rooted in antebellum abolitionist feminism that condemned both American racism and sexism. He sees the progressive role of such radical dissent as a moral voice in the American constitutional tradition. He examines the role of dissident African Americans, Jews, women, and homosexuals in forging alternative visions of rights-based democracy. He also draws attention to Walt Whitman's poetry, showing how it made space for the voices of homosexuals in public and private culture. According to Richards, contemporary feminism rediscovers and elaborates this earlier tradition. And, similarly, the movement for gay rights builds upon an interpretation of abolitionist feminism developed by Whitman in his defense, both in poetry and prose, of love between men. Richards explores Whitman's impact on pro-gay advocates, including John Addington Symonds, Havelock Ellis, Edward Carpenter, Oscar Wilde, and André Gide. He also discusses other writers and reformers such as Margaret Sanger, Franz Boas, Elizabeth Stanton, W.E.B. DuBois, and Adrienne Rich. Richards addresses controversies such as the exclusion of homosexuals from the military and from the right to marriage and concludes with a defense of the struggle for such constitutional rights in terms of the principles of rights-based feminism.--From publisher's description.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-504) and index.".
- catalog description "The interpretive challenge -- Abolitionist antislavery and antiracism -- Abolitionist feminism -- Suffrage feminism : struggle, triumph, collapse -- Second wave feminism as abolitionist feminism -- The case for gay rights -- Unconstitutionality of antigay/lesbian initiatives -- The case for gay rights : the military and marriage.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 531 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0226712060 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0226712079 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "342.73/087 21".
- catalog subject "Feminism United States.".
- catalog subject "Gays Legal status, laws, etc. United States.".
- catalog subject "KF4754.5 .R53 1998".
- catalog subject "Sex and law United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The interpretive challenge -- Abolitionist antislavery and antiracism -- Abolitionist feminism -- Suffrage feminism : struggle, triumph, collapse -- Second wave feminism as abolitionist feminism -- The case for gay rights -- Unconstitutionality of antigay/lesbian initiatives -- The case for gay rights : the military and marriage.".
- catalog title "Women, gays, and the constitution : the grounds for feminism and gay rights in culture and law / David A.J. Richards.".
- catalog type "text".