An edition of The Stranger Next Door (2001)
The stranger next door
the story of a small community's battle over sex, faith, and civil rights
By Arlene Stein
Publish Date
2001
Publisher
Beacon Press
Language
eng
Pages
267
Description:
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.