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LesBiGay Identity as Commodity
David Skover
Seattle University School of Law
Kellye Y. Testy
University of Washington - School of Law
California Law Review, Vol. 90, p. 223, 2002
Abstract:
In America's popular culture, LesBiGay identities abound. In its political culture, however, they emerge more tentatively. The commercial and entertainment industries increasingly commodify and celebrate LesBiGay identities. The courts and legislatures generally discount and condemn them. Thus, there is a deep dissonance between the validation of LesBiGay identities in the economic marketplace of items and ideas, and their devaluation in the legal arena of rights and remedies. This piece explores the deep dissonance that exists today between the validation of American LesBiGays in the commercial marketplace and their devaluation in political and legal arenas, and questions the failure of legal scholars and civil rights activists to account meaningfully for this dissonance in their theories and practices.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 32
Keywords: Same-sex, Queer, Gay, Lesbian, TV, Film, Politics, Commodification, Identity, Commodity, Assimilation
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Date posted: February 28, 2007
Suggested CitationSkover, David and Testy, Kellye Y., LesBiGay Identity as Commodity. California Law Review, Vol. 90, p. 223, 2002. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=965787
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