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Author : Hugh Hagius
Release : 2010
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 246/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Swasarnt Nerf's Gay Guides for 1949 by : Hugh Hagius
Download or read book Swasarnt Nerf's Gay Guides for 1949 written by Hugh Hagius. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of booklets which circulated in the gay underground of New York in 1949, along with snapshots of gay life in the 1940s, '50s and '60s.
Author : Edgar Leoni
Release : 2004
Genre : Gay men
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Swasarnt Nerf's Gay Guides for 1949 by : Edgar Leoni
Download or read book Swasarnt Nerf's Gay Guides for 1949 written by Edgar Leoni. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Drewey Wayne Gunn
Release : 2016-02-04
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 052/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Gay American Novels, 1870-1970 by : Drewey Wayne Gunn
Download or read book Gay American Novels, 1870-1970 written by Drewey Wayne Gunn. This book was released on 2016-02-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the development of gay American fiction and providing an essential reading list, this literary survey covers 257 works--novels, novellas, a graphic story cycle and a narrative poem--in which gay and bisexual male characters play a major role. Iconic works, such as James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room and Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man, are included, along with titles not given attention by earlier surveys, such as Wallace Thurman's Infants of the Spring, Dashiel Hammett's The Maltese Falcon, Julian Green's Each in His Darkness, Ursula Zilinsky's Middle Ground and David Plante's The Ghost of Henry James. Chronological entries discuss each work's plot, significance for gay identity, and publication history, along with a brief biography of the author.
Author : William L. Leap
Release : 2019-12-26
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 16X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Language Before Stonewall by : William L. Leap
Download or read book Language Before Stonewall written by William L. Leap. This book was released on 2019-12-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the linguistic and social practices related to same-sex desires and identities that were widely attested in the USA during the years preceding the police raid on the Stonewall Inn in 1969. The author demonstrates that this language was not a unified or standardized code, but rather an aggregate of linguistic practices influenced by gender, racial, and class differences, urban/rural locations, age, erotic desires and pursuits, and similar social descriptors. Contrary to preconceptions, moreover, it circulated widely in both public and in private domains. This intriguing book will appeal to students and academics interested in the intersections of language, sexuality and history and queer historical linguistics.
Author : David K. Johnson
Release : 2019-03-12
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 176/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Buying Gay by : David K. Johnson
Download or read book Buying Gay written by David K. Johnson. This book was released on 2019-03-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1951, a new type of publication appeared on newsstands—the physique magazine produced by and for gay men. For many men growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, these magazines and their images and illustrations of nearly naked men, as well as articles, letters from readers, and advertisements, served as an initiation into gay culture. The publishers behind them were part of a wider world of “physique entrepreneurs”: men as well as women who ran photography studios, mail-order catalogs, pen-pal services, book clubs, and niche advertising for gay audiences. Such businesses have often been seen as peripheral to the gay political movement. In this book, David K. Johnson shows how gay commerce was not a byproduct but rather an important catalyst for the gay rights movement. Offering a vivid look into the lives of physique entrepreneurs and their customers, and presenting a wealth of illustrations, Buying Gay explores the connections—and tensions—between the market and the movement. With circulation rates many times higher than the openly political “homophile” magazines, physique magazines were the largest gay media outlets of their time. This network of producers and consumers helped foster a gay community and upend censorship laws, paving the way for open expression. Physique entrepreneurs were at the center of legal struggles, especially against the U.S. Post Office, including the court victory that allowed full-frontal male nudity and open homoeroticism. Buying Gay reconceives the history of the gay rights movement and shows how consumer culture helped create community and a site for resistance.
