LEADER 03868oam 2200661I 450 001 9910822337403321 005 20240131150145.0 010 $a0-203-69911-4 010 $a1-135-22241-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203699119 035 $a(CKB)2670000000358722 035 $a(EBL)1189382 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000884861 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12399424 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000884861 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10946077 035 $a(PQKB)10502490 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1189382 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1189382 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10704132 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL492338 035 $a(OCoLC)845256707 035 $a(OCoLC)844940017 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB133469 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000358722 100 $a20180706d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCreating a place for ourselves $elesbian, gay, and bisexual community histories /$fedited by Brett Beemyn 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1997. 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-91389-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. The policed : gay men's strategies of everyday resistance in Times Square / George Chauncey -- 2. "I could hardly wait to get back to that bar" : lesbian bar culture in Buffalo in the 1930s and 1940s / Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy and Madeline D. Davis -- 3. "Homos invade S.F.!" : San Francisco's history as a wide-open town / Nan Alamilla Boyd -- 4. The kids of fairytown : gay male culture on Chicago's near north side in the 1930s / David K. Johnson -- 5. Before Paris burned : race, class, and male homosexuality on the Chicago south side, 1935-1960 / Allen Drexel -- 6. The "fun gay ladies" : lesbians in Cherry Glove, 1936-1960 / Esther Newton -- 7. The changing face of lesbian bars in Detroit, 1938-1965 / Roey Thorpe -- 8. A queer capital : race, class, gender, and the changing social landscape of Washington's gay communities, 1940-1955 / Brett Beemyn -- 9. Place and movement in gay American history : a case from the post-World War II south / John Howard -- 10. Cars and bars : assembling gay men in postwar Flint, Michigan / Tim Retzloff -- 11. "Birthplace of the nation" : imagining lesbian and gay communities in Philadelphia, 1969-1970 / Marc Stein -- 12. Afterword / Joan Nestle. 330 $aCreating a Place For Ourselves is a groundbreaking collection of essays that examines gay life in the United States before Stonewall and the gay liberation movement. Along with examining areas with large gay communities such as New York, San Francisco and Fire Island, the contributors also consider the thriving gay populations in cities like Detroit, Buffalo, Washington, D.C., Birmingham and Flint, demonstrating that gay communities are truly everywhere. Contributors: Brett Beemyn, Nan Alamilla Boyd, George Chauncey, Madeline Davis, Allen Drexel, John Howard, David Johnson, L 606 $aGay community$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aGay men$zUnited States$xSocial conditions 606 $aLesbian community$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aLesbians$zUnited States$xSocial conditions 606 $aBisexual people$zUnited States$xSocial conditions 615 0$aGay community$xHistory. 615 0$aGay men$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aLesbian community$xHistory. 615 0$aLesbians$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aBisexual people$xSocial conditions. 676 $a305.9/0664 701 $aBeemyn$b Genny$f1966-$01621437 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822337403321 996 $aCreating a place for ourselves$93954706 997 $aUNINA