LEADER 04466nam 2201129 u 450 001 9910736000903321 005 20240125210211.0 010 $a0-299-24859-3 010 $a9786612764165 010 $a1-282-76416-0 010 $a0-299-24853-4 035 $a(OCoLC)667274211 035 $a(CKB)27992082100041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3445065 035 $a(EXLCZ)9927992082100041 100 $a20230819d2010uuuu uy 0 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGay bar $ethe fabulous, true story of a daring woman and her boys in the 1950s /$fWill Fellow and Helen P. Branson ; introduction by Blanche M. Baker 210 1$aMadison, Wisconsin :$cUniversity of Wisconsin Press,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (xx, 166 pages) $cillustrations 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover -- Preface -- From The Dust Jacket Of The Original Edition -- Introduction -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: Well, Get You, Girl -- Chapter 2: Don8217;t Scream At Your Mother -- Chapter 3: Carry On Like Faust -- Chapter 4: Clever Drag, But I Think He8217;s Fuzz -- Chapter 5: Hit Him With Your Beaded Bag, May -- Chapter 6: Meanwhile, Back At The Palace -- Chapter 7: And Away We Go -- Chapter 8: Must Be These High Heels I8217;M Wearing -- Chapter 9: I Read Her Beads For Her -- Chapter 10: Listen To Your Mother -- For The Record -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes On Sources -- Bibliography. 330 $aVivacious, unconventional, candid, and straight, Helen Branson operated a gay bar in Los Angeles in the 1950s - America's most anti-gay decade. After years of fending off drunken passes as an entertainer in cocktail bars, this divorced grandmother preferred the wit, variety, and fun she found among homosexual men. Enjoying their companionship and deploring their plight, she gave her gay friends a place to socialize. Though at the time California statutes prohibited homosexuals from gathering in bars, Helen's place was relaxed, suave, and remarkably safe from police raids and other anti-homosexual hazards. In 1957 she published her extraordinary memoir Gay Bar, the first book by a heterosexual to depict the lives of homosexuals with admiration, respect, and love. In this new edition of Gay Bar, Will Fellows interweaves Branson's chapters with historical perspective provided through his own insightful commentary and excerpts gleaned from letters and essays appearing in gay publications of the period. Also included is the original introduction to the book by maverick 1950s psychiatrist Blanche Baker. The eclectic selection of voices gives the flavor of American life in that extraordinary age of anxiety, revealing how gay men saw themselves and their circumstances, and how others perceived them. 606 $aGay bars$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$xSocial conditions$y20th century 615 0$aGay bars$xSocial conditions 700 $aFellows$b Will$01165241 702 $aBranson$b Helen P. 702 $aBaker$b Blanche M. 801 0$bN$T 801 1$bN$T 801 2$bOSU 801 2$bCDX 801 2$bE7B 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bIDEBK 801 2$bYDXCP 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bTEFOD 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bOCLCF 801 2$bA8C 801 2$bOCLCO 801 2$bTR7RH 801 2$bP@U 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bNLGGC 801 2$bTEFOD 801 2$bEBLCP 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bDEBSZ 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bOCL 801 2$bAZK 801 2$bLOA 801 2$bJBG 801 2$bAGLDB 801 2$bMOR 801 2$bPIFAG 801 2$bZCU 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bMERUC 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bU3W 801 2$bGRG 801 2$bINARC 801 2$bOCLCA 801 2$bSTF 801 2$bWRM 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bVTS 801 2$bNRAMU 801 2$bICG 801 2$bVT2 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bWYU 801 2$bUWO 801 2$bTKN 801 2$bDKC 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bM8D 801 2$bSFB 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bBOL 801 2$bVLY 801 2$bAJS 801 2$bOCLCO 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bUNOMP 801 2$bYNT 801 2$bJSTOR 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910736000903321 996 $aGay Bar$93426919 997 $aUNINA