{"product_id":"gayfriendly-acceptance-and-control-of-homosexuality-in-new-york-and-paris-hardback-9781509553259","title":"Gayfriendly; Acceptance and Control of Homosexuality in New York and Paris (Hardback) 9781509553259","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGayfriendly\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAcceptance and Control of Homosexuality in New York and Paris\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSylvie Tissot (Author), Helen Morrison (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509553259, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 June 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.8 x 2 cm, 0.431 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As anti-gay and anti-trans sentiment surges, the illusion of a rainbow coloured world of queer inclusion is rendered ever more apparent and the need for critical and complex analysis becomes ever more pressing. Sylvie Tissot has given us just such an analysis. In this compelling comparative study of two ‘gayfriendly’ oases, she unpacks the often contradictory affects of both queers and straights as they imagine sexual identities in supposedly ‘tolerant’ urban spaces and, in so doing, offers a critical commentary on the limits of tolerance and the possibilities of radical inclusion in a world still governed by normative heterosexuality. A smart and nuanced addition to the burgeoning literature on queer spaces and the promises (and limits) of straight allyship.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuzanna Danuta Walters, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tolerance Trap: How God, Genes, and Good Intentions Sabotaged Gay Equality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhat does it mean to be gayfriendly?  Having gay friends, supporting gay marriage, remaining unfazed when one’s son or daughter comes out?  Going to gay bars or questioning one’s own sexual orientation?  There is no single model of ‘gayfriendliness’, but rather different attitudes which vary according to age, sex, country and life circumstance. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Acceptance of homosexuality has undeniably grown, and homosexuality is increasingly seen as one form of sexuality among others.  But embedded in this liberal vision is a perspective that is more troubling.  Based on interviews with gayfriendly straight people in the liberal neighbourhoods of Park Slope in New York and the Marais in Paris, Sylvie Tissot shows that stereotypes remain and control of gays and lesbians has not disappeared. Acceptance is directed towards those who are of the same socioeconomic background, who proclaim their wish to emulate traditional norms of family life, and who do not make any other demands.\u003cbr\u003e Gays must be normal but not completely so, similar and at the same time different, in order to meet the not always conscious conditions of acceptability.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Gayfriendliness has managed to dispel violence and discrimination and has accompanied the invention of less conventional lives. But, as Tissot shows, it has not yet liberated itself from the clutches of heterosexual domination which still structures our society and our ways of thinking.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Becoming Gayfriendly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Reticence, recognition, indifference: three different generations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘It simply didn’t exist’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘It would be un-cool to be un-gayfriendly’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A non-issue’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The learning processes \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Atypical heterosexuals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The ordeal of coming out\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Gay Respectability\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The right to love each other American-style and sexual freedom in France\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     The Power of the Law\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     Sexual Liberalism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     Gay marriage, heterosexual relief\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           Republican universalism and the difference between the sexes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Good neighbours, good husbands and wives, good parents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     Appropriating an area in the name of diversity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           Progressive synagogues and churches in Park Slope \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e           A cause for gentrifiers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           From lesbian enclave to gayfriendly district\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           Family integration, class integration\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Gayfriendliness within the family\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     You shall be gayfriendly, my child\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           Integration and surveillance of same-sex families\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           You will (perhaps) be gay, my child\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           The guide for gayfriendly parents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           From tomboy to invisible lesbian  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Heterosexuals as allies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Feminine Compassion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The division of moral labour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Male unease\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The ‘Cruisers’ of the Parisian night scene\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The ‘fag hag’ and her ‘gay best friend’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Disillusions, safe haven and substitute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Prism of femininity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e             Gayfriendliness and lesbophobia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Women rebelling against marriage \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (Re)-building your life when living alone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sexual experiments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The frontiers of gayfriendliness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A race and class norm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Homophobia as bad taste\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e              Talking about space, not race\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e              The Southern United States as a deterrent \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Visibilities and invisibilities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Keeping the streets clean   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e               My gay friends\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e               The home of heterosexuality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441812074776,"sku":"9781509553259","price":46.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509553259.jpg?v=1785026637","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/gayfriendly-acceptance-and-control-of-homosexuality-in-new-york-and-paris-hardback-9781509553259","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}