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Shapes of desire -- The year of the lustful lesbian -- Rock against romance -- Crossover dreams : lesbianism and popular music -- Sisters and queers : the decentering of lesbian feminism -- Revenge of the shamed : the Christian right's emotional culture war -- Whose memories? whose victimhood? -- Make room for daddy : anxious masculinity and emergent homophobias -- Epilogue

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Research conducted in a town in OR is drawn on to analyze the context surrounding the highly contentious initiatives proposed by the Christian Right to deny civil rights protections to gays & lesbians. Interviews conducted with 8 members of the Oregon Citizens Alliance reveal the strong emotional components underlying the commitment of these Christian conservatives to their position. Beyond ostensibly selfless appeals to God, nation, & family values, their motivations are shown to encompass hopes of "self-realization," & their activism to serve a "reparative" function. The logic of these emotions is explored, along with ways that participation in the larger movement against gay & lesbian rights gives public voice to such private emotional needs. Of particular salience is the emotion of shame, which is manipulated by the Christian Right in pursuit of its own political goals; psychoanalytic explanations of this shame & its role in the activists' vehement opposition to homosexuality are proffered. K. Hyatt Stewart