Brett Beemyn (ed.)

Creating a Place For Ourselves

Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Community Histories
Herausgeber: Beemyn, Brett

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Using oral history and rich narrative voices, this groundbreaking collection of essays brings to life the vibrant lesbian, gay and bisexual communities that existed all over the country in days before Stonewall. Contributors include Brett Beemyn, George Chauncey, Allen Drexel, John Howard, David Johnson, Liz Kennedy, Marc Stein, and Roey Thorpe. Illustrations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780415913904
• ISBN-10: 041591390X
• Artikelnr.: 21215080

Autorenporträt

Brett Beemyn teaches at Western Illinois University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, Brett Beemyn
Chapter 1 1. The Policed, George Chauncey
Chapter 2 "I Could Hardly Wait to Get Back to that Bar", Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy, Madeline D. Davis
Chapter 3 "Homos Invade S.F.!", Nan Alamilla Boyd
Chapter 4 The Kids of Fairytown, David K. Johnson
Chapter 5 Before Paris Burned, Allen Drexel
Chapter 6 The "Fun Gay Ladies", Esther Newton
Chapter 7 The Changing Face of Lesbian Bars in Detroit 1938-1965, Roey Thorpe
Chapter 8 A Queer Capital, Brett Beemyn
Chapter 9 Place and Movement in Gay American History, John Howard
Chapter 10 Cars and Bars, Tim Retzloff
Chapter 11 "Birthplace of the Nation", Marc Stein
Chapter 12 Afterword, Joan Nestle
contrib Notes on Contributors
Index