After the Ball (Kirk and Madsen book)
Authors | Marshall Kirk Hunter Madsen |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Subject | LGBT rights in the United States |
Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1989 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
Pages | 398 |
ISBN | 0-385-23906-8 |
After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the '90s is a book[1] published in 1989 about LGBT rights in the United States. It was written by the neuropsychologist Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen, a social marketing and advertising executive. The book was born out of a 1987 article the two penned called "The Overhauling of Straight America" which was published in Guide magazine.
The book advocates a change in the national discourse in regards to gay and lesbian Americans in an effort to curb homophobia. A 1989 Los Angeles Times book review called it "a stubbornly revisionist critique of the conventional wisdom of gay activism over the last two decades." The article also notes Kirk and Madsen call for the gay community to examine themselves.[2]
References[]
- ^ Kirk, Marshall (©1989 (1990 printing)). After the ball : how America will conquer its fear and hatred of gays in the 90s. New York: Plume. ISBN 0452264987. Retrieved 2 January 2022. Check date values in:
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(help) - ^ KIRSCH, JONATHAN (October 4, 1989). "Book Review : Provocative Call to Arms on Gay Rights". Los Angeles Times.
- 1980s LGBT literature
- 1989 non-fiction books
- American non-fiction books
- Books by Marshall Kirk
- Doubleday (publisher) books
- English-language books
- LGBT literature in the United States
- LGBT non-fiction books