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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974046403321

Autore

Reynolds Robert <1965->

Titolo

What happened to gay life? / / Robert Reynolds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney, N.S.W., : University of New South Wales Press, 2007

ISBN

1-74223-026-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Disciplina

306.766099441

Soggetti

Gay pride parades - Australia - Sydney (N.S.W.)

Gay men - Australia - New South Wales - Social life and customs - 2001-

Homosexuality - Australia - New South Wales

Gay identity

Gay culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-199) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 Creating gay; 2 The outsiders; 3 Surviving the fall; 4 Courting power; 5 Mainstreaming; 6 Gay Sydney and its discontents; 7 Modernising gay life; 8 Independently gay; Conclusion; Notes on sources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In 2002 the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras went bankrupt. It struggles on, but Gay Sydney isn't what it used to be--a shining international beacon of hedonistic homosexuality that was an economic and a political force. This very engaging book tries to find out what happened to gay life. Robert Reynolds talks to numerous gay men--some whose lives are committed to struggling for gay rights, others whose major struggle has been for the right to party and some for whom being gay is no big deal. The book raises lots of questions about what being gay means as gay life becomes mainstream.