Left Out The Politics of Exclusion: Essays 1964-2002

Author/creator Duberman, Martin B. Author
Other author EBSCO Publishing (Firm)
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBrooklyn : South End Press Minneapolis : Consortium Book Sales & Distribution [Distributor]
Description520 p. 09.000 x 06.000 in.
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SeriesGay/Lesbian/Bisexual Studies
Summary Annotation <div><p>"Despite our country&rsquo;s bootstrap rhetoric, outsiders in this land of individualism rarely make a go of it alone. As the first essay in this collection&mdash;an analysis of the anti-slavery movement of the mid-nineteenth century&mdash;attempts to show, improving conditions for those who have been left out&sbquo; hinges on the ability of the despised and downtrodden, and their allies, to band together in collective struggle and insist on their entitlements."&mdash;from the Introduction,<i>Left Out</i></p><p>The lives of "outsiders" have been the focus of Martin Duberman&rsquo;s work as a public intellectual for the past four decades. Best known for his biography of Paul Robeson, Duberman highlights the "banding together" of the excluded in<i>Left Out.</i>These identity-based movements&mdash;black power, gay liberation, feminism&mdash;have created a vital and controversial change in American consciousness in recent decades. Duberman&rsquo;s collected essays trace this evolution of thought in lively and engaging language. Available here for the first time in paperback, this edition includes three new essays.</p><p>Presenting summations of Duberman&rsquo;s views on such matters as race, foreign policy, gender, and sexuality,<i>Left Out</i>offers incisive analyses of the split between class-based and identity-based politics on the Left. As a white anti-racist, feminist man, socialist queer, and "godfather" of the gay studies movement, Duberman has taken many brave and prescient stands. His writing shows why he is considered a deeply moral and wise man.</p><p>"No matter the topic, Martin Duberman&rsquo;s thoughtful and nuanced essays are written with a humanity and optimism all too rare in our cynical times."&mdash;Susan Faludi</p><p>"[Duberman] has engaged the greatest struggles of our times with an unflinching nerve, a wise heart and a brilliant intellect."&mdash;Jonathan Kozol</p></div>
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