Altman, Dennis 1943-

Global sex by Dennis Altman( )

28 editions published between 2000 and 2006 in 5 languages and held by 2,304 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Global Sex is the first major work to take the issues of globalization and sexuality head on. Dennis Altman looks at how pleasures of the body are framed, shaped, commercialized, and even commodified in our new global economy, exploring the impact of globalization on gender relations, political power, public health, migration, and the ways in which we imagine our own sense of self and place. Ranging from U.N. debates over abortion, to the advent of cybersex, to the rapid spread of AIDS in Africa, to the sex scandals that rocked both Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and President Bill Clinton, Global Sex sheds new light on how the personal and the political are now, more than ever, indistinguishable."--Jacket

Homosexual; oppression and liberation by Dennis Altman( Book )

50 editions published between 1971 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 1,626 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The groundbreaking modern classic that forged a new language of homosexual politics. When Homosexual: Oppression and Liberation was first published in 1971, Martin Duberman, writing in the New York Review of Books, hailed it as 'the only work that bears comparison, in terms of sustained analysis and theoretical complexity, with the best to appear from Women's Liberation'. Time commented, 'among the whole tumble of homosexuals who have 'come out of the closet', perhaps best among these accounts is this book by Dennis Altman.' Long out of print, Homosexual: Oppression and Liberation stands as an early work in the gay liberation movement that recognised the divisions within that movement as a form of healthy diversity, trying to explain each position and abstaining from accusations. Altman draws on the writings of the emergent movement and of such figures as James Baldwin, Allen Ginsberg, Christopher Isherwood, Herbert Marcuse, and Kate Millett. His objective is to propose ways we can create a common community and a progressive movement out of our shared sexuality and experience of a heterosexist society; a concern still central today

AIDS in the mind of America by Dennis Altman( Book )

15 editions published between 1986 and 1987 in English and held by 1,458 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Traces the history of the epidemic and examines its social, political, and psychological impact on society

The end of the homosexual? by Dennis Altman( )

5 editions published between 2013 and 2014 in English and held by 1,309 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In The End of the Homosexual? - part memoir/part politics - Dennis Altman connects what has happened within the changing queer world over the past forty years to larger social, political and cultural trends. This is a case study of both local and global change, yet one told from personal experience

Power and community : organizational and cultural responses to AIDS by Dennis Altman( )

26 editions published between 1994 and 2013 in English and Portuguese and held by 1,218 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This book provides a global overview of the role of the community sector, examining in detail the origins and activities of community organizations worldwide

The homosexualization of America : the Americanization of the homosexual by Dennis Altman( Book )

17 editions published between 1982 and 1983 in English and Undetermined and held by 978 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

How to vote progressive in Australia : labor or green?( )

5 editions published between 2016 and 2017 in English and held by 509 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Red or Green? Traditionally, Australian progressives have supported the Australian Labor Party; increasingly, The Greens appeal. What are the key differences between the parties? Is greater collaboration desirable? Is it likely? Some progressives remain strongly committed to Labor or The Greens. Others have abandoned one or other of the parties from bitter experience. Others still are genuinely undecided, or seek to promote greater understanding and cooperation. What is the best way forward? This volume brings together a range of party leaders, veterans, and academic experts to tackle these important questions. Deliberately pluralistic, it encompasses strongly divergent views. Dedicated to progressive change, it aims both to capture and to advance a vital public debate

Queer wars : the new global polarization over gay rights by Dennis Altman( Book )

14 editions published in 2016 in English and held by 493 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The claim that LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) rights are human rights encounters fierce opposition in many parts of the world, as governments and religious leaders have used resistance to LGBT rights to cast themselves as defenders of traditional values against neocolonial interference and moral corruption. Queer Wars explores the growing international polarisation over sexual rights, and the creative responses this is prompting among social movements and activists, some of whom face murder, imprisonment or rape because of their perceived sexuality or gender expression. Drawing on international relations, anthropology, cultural studies and the burgeoning literature of the global LGBT movement, this book asks why homosexuality has become so vexed an issue between and within nations, and how we can best advocate for change. It argues that western activists must listen carefully and support local movements, rather than trumpet a universal gay rights agenda that risks endangering those it seeks to empower. -- Provided by publisher

Gore Vidal's America by Dennis Altman( Book )

7 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 356 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gore Vidal's America examines the ways in which Vidal's writings on history, politics, sex and religion throw into focus our understandings of the United States, but also recognizes his versatility and inventiveness as a creative writer, some of whose novels - Julian; Myra Breckinridge; Lincoln; Duluth - are among the important literary works of their time. Ranging from Vidal's early defence of homosexuality in The City and the Pillar (1948) to his most recent writings on the war in Iraq, this book provides a unique perspective on the evolution of post-World War II American society, politics and literature."--Jacket

Coming out in the seventies : selections from the first edition by Dennis Altman( Book )

10 editions published between 1979 and 1981 in English and held by 211 WorldCat member libraries worldwide