Far Eastern Politics in the Postwar Period
In: International Journal, Volume 12, Issue 1, p. 74
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In: International Journal, Volume 12, Issue 1, p. 74
"Friendships between women and gay men captivated the American media in the opening decade of the 21st century. John Portmann places this curious phenomenon in its historical context, examining the changing social attitudes towards gay men in the postwar period and how their relationships with women have been portrayed in the media. As women and gay men both struggled toward social equality in the late 20th century, some women understood that defending gay men who were often accused of effeminacy was in their best interest. Joining forces carried both political and personal implications. Straight women used their influence with men to prevent bullying and combat homophobia. Beyond the bureaucratic fray, women found themselves in transformed roles with respect to gay men as their mothers, sisters, daughters, caregivers, spouses, voters, employers and best friends. In the midst of social hostility to gay men during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 1990s, a significant number of gay women volunteered to comfort the afflicted and fight reigning sexual values. Famous women such as Elizabeth Taylor and Barbra Streisand threw their support behind a detested minority, while countless ordinary women did the same across America. Portmann celebrates not only women who made the headlines but also those who did not. Looking at the links between the women's liberation and gay rights movements, and filled with concrete examples of personal and political relationships between straight women and gay men, Women and Gay Men in the Postwar Period is an engaging and accessible study which will be of interest to students and scholars of 20th- and 21st century social and gender history."--Bloomsbury Publishing
In: Social history, Volume 42, Issue 2, p. 306-307
ISSN: 1470-1200
In: Japan review of international affairs, Volume 14, Issue 3, p. 167-195
ISSN: 0913-8773
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In: International affairs: a Russian journal of world politics, diplomacy and international relations, p. 47-60
ISSN: 0130-9641
In: International journal / Canadian Institute of International Affairs, Volume 12, Issue 1, p. 74-74
ISSN: 2052-465X
In: International affairs, Volume 28, p. 29-37
ISSN: 0020-5850
Address before the Royal institute of international affairs, London, July 3, 1951.
In: Études internationales: revue trimestrielle, Volume 26, Issue 2, p. 405-406
ISSN: 0014-2123
In: Review of Japanese culture and society: Jōsai daigaku kokusai gakujutsu bunka shinkō sentā kiyō, Volume 28, Issue 1, p. 118-127
ISSN: 2329-9770
In: Scandinavian political studies, Volume 5, Issue 3, p. 189-216
ISSN: 1467-9477
The main purpose of this article is to argue the importance of combining several approaches in studies of communist parties: socio‐economic structures, competitive relations to other left wing parties, organizational implantation, and the role of political tradition. The present ecological analysis will particularly emphasize the organizational approach and the importance of political tradition. In keeping with Allardt's and Lipset's theories, socio‐economic structure seemed to a great extent to be a necessary condition for communist strength in this period. Both significant employment in industry and/or forestry and a strong social democratic party turned out to be necessary conditions for communist strength, but only when we analysed the 'historical' and organizational dimensions in more detail were we able to determine more accurately the areas of strong electoral support of the Norwegian Communist Party.
In: Arbeitsberichte 2/97
In: Population review: demography of developing countries, Volume 43, Issue 1, p. 37-49
ISSN: 1549-0955
Iraq, Iraqi, international migration, Turkish, Turkmen, Kurds, Shiite, Sunnis, Arabs,
environment of insecurity, war, ethnic conflict
In: International labour review, Volume 73, p. 1-24
ISSN: 0020-7780
In: International conciliation, Issue 379, p. 218-235
ISSN: 0020-6407