Queerwords : sexuality and the politics of culture / edited by David Alderson [and others]. - 174 pages ; 23 cm. - Key words ; 13 . - Key words ; 13 .

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: queerwords: sexuality and the politics of culture / Queers and class: toward a cultural politics of friendship / Is the queen dead? Effeminacy, homosociality and the post-homophobic queer / Ever fallen in love (with someone you shouldn't have?) : punk, politics and same-sex passion / Queer romances with fascism / People of the Black Mountains and the politics of theory / Uses of Shelley in working-class culture: approximations and substitutions / Back in the CCCS: portraits of alumni from the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies by Mahasiddhi (aka Roy Peters), University of Birmingham / Keywords / Recoveries / David Alderson -- Lisa Henderson -- Stephen Maddison -- David Wilkinson -- David Alderson -- John Connor -- Jen Morgan -- Claire MacLeod Peters -- Tony Crowley -- Elinor Taylor and Stephen Rogers.

"... examines the relationship between queer theory/politics and the Left in the context of prevailing neoliberal conditions in the West which have weakened working-class solidarity and opposition to a capitalist culture."--Editors' preface.

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Queer theory.
Politics and culture.

PN56.H57 / Q44 2015

306.76