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Autore |
Chauncey George |
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Titolo |
Gay New York [[electronic resource] ] : Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940 |
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New York, : Basic Books, 2008 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (865 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Gay men - History - 20th century - New York (State) - New York |
Male homosexuality - History - 20th century - New York - New York (State) |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Male (Homo)sexual Practices and Identities in the Early Twentieth Century; Chapter 1. The Bowery as Haven and Spectacle; Chapter 2. The Fairy as an Intermediate Sex; Chapter 3. Trade, Wolves, and the Boundaries of Normal Manhood; Chapter 4. The Forging of Queer Identities and the Emergence of Heterosexuality in Middle-Class Culture; Part II: The Making of the Gay Male World; Chapter 5. Urban Culture and the Policing of the "City of Bachelors" |
Chapter 6. Lots of Friends at the YMCA: Rooming Houses, Cafeterias, and Other Gay Social Centers Chapter 7. "Privacy Could Only Be Had in Public": Forging a Gay World in the Streets; Chapter 8. The Social World of the Baths; Chapter 9. Building Gay Neighborhood Enclaves: The Village and Harlem; Part III: The Politics of Gay Culture; Chapter 10. The Double Life, Camp Culture, and the Making of a Collective Identity; Chapter 11. "Pansies on Parade": Prohibition and the Spectacle of the Pansy; Chapter 12. The Exclusion of Homosexuality from the Public Sphere in the 1930's |
Epilogue: The Strange Career of the Closet Note on Sources; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A fascinating look at a gay world that was not supposed to have existed, this book shows that gay life in prewar New York was not only |
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remarkably visible but extensively integrated into the straight world. |
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