The Stranger Next Door
The Story of a Small Community's Battle over Sex, Faith, and Civil Rights; Or, How the Right Divides Us
Published on 6. December 2022
304 pages
978-0-8070-0720-4 (ISBN)
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In The Stranger Next Door, Alrene Stein explores how a small community with a declining industrial economy became the site of a bitter battle over gay rights. Fearing job loss and a feeling of being left behind, one Oregon town's working-class residents allied with religious conservatives to deny the civil liberties of queer men and women. In a book that combines strong on-the-ground research and lucid analysis with a novelist's imaginative sympathy, Stein's exploration of how fear and uncertainty can cause citizens to shift blame onto "strangers" provides insight into the challenges the country faces in the age of Trump.
Winner of the 2001 Ruth Benedict Award
Winner of the 2001 Ruth Benedict Award
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Arlene Stein
The Stranger Next Door
The Story of a Small Community's Battle over Sex, Faith, and Civil Rights; Or, How the Right Divides Us
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12/2022
Beacon Press
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The Stranger Next Door
The Story of a Small Community's Battle over Sex, Faith, and Civil Rights; Or, How the Right Divides Us
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04/2002
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Arlene Stein is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University. The author and editor of numerous books, she received the Ruth Benedict Prize for The Stranger Next Door. She is co-editor of The Perils of Populism.
Content
Preface to the New Edition
CHAPTER 1
Introduction
CHAPTER 2
The Personal Is Political
CHAPTER 3
Resentment's Roots
CHAPTER 4
Community Reimagined
CHAPTER 5
Decorating for Jesus
CHAPTER 6
Angry White Men and Women
CHAPTER 7
We Are All Queer-Or Are We?
CHAPTER 8
I Shout, Therefore I Am
CHAPTER 9
Whose Side Are You On?
CHAPTER 10
Living with Strangers
Acknowledgments
APPENDIX A
Methodological Notes
APPENDIX B
Text of Ballot Measures
Notes
Index
CHAPTER 1
Introduction
CHAPTER 2
The Personal Is Political
CHAPTER 3
Resentment's Roots
CHAPTER 4
Community Reimagined
CHAPTER 5
Decorating for Jesus
CHAPTER 6
Angry White Men and Women
CHAPTER 7
We Are All Queer-Or Are We?
CHAPTER 8
I Shout, Therefore I Am
CHAPTER 9
Whose Side Are You On?
CHAPTER 10
Living with Strangers
Acknowledgments
APPENDIX A
Methodological Notes
APPENDIX B
Text of Ballot Measures
Notes
Index
