Mieli, Mario, <br/><br/>
Towards a gay communism :  elements of a homosexual critique / 
Mario Mieli ; translated by David Fernbach and Evan Calder Williams ; introduction by Massimo Prearo ; foreword by Tim Dean 
 -  Pluto Press  2018 
 - xxxviii, 269 pages ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Foreword: "I keep my treasure in my arse" / Tim Dean -- Introduction / Massimo Prearo -- Translator's preface / Evan Calder Williams -- Homosexual desire is universal -- Fire and brimstone, or how homosexuals became gay -- Heterosexual men, or rather closet queens -- Crime and punishment -- A healthy mind in a perverse body -- Towards a gay communism -- The end -- Appendix A: Unpublished preface to "Homosexuality and liberation" by Mario Mieli (1980) -- Appendix B: Translator's additional note from chapter 1 -- Index 
<br/><br/> First published in Italian in 1977, Mario Mieli's groundbreaking book  is an early landmark of revolutionary queer theory - here available for the first time in a complete and unabridged English translation, with extensive annotations. Among the most important works ever to address the relationship between homosexuality, homophobia and capitalism, Mieli's essay continues to pose a radical challenge to today's dominant queer theory and politics. With extraordinary prescience, Mieli exposes the efficiency with which capitalism co-=opts "perversions" which are then "sold both wholesale and retail." In his view the liberation of homosexual desire requires the emancipation of sexuality from both heteropatriarchal sex roles and capital 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780745399515 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Homosexuality.<br/>Male homosexuality.<br/>Gay liberation movement.<br/>Socialism and homosexuality.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.766 M585T