Todd J. Ormsbee

The Meaning of Gay

Interaction, Publicity, and Community among Homosexual Men in 1960s San Francisco

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Meaning of Gay traces the conflicts among San Francisco's gay men and with the dominant society, describing the broad range of meanings they came to ascribe onto 'gayness' between 1962 and 1972. Combining historical method, symbolic interaction, and the concerns of John Dewey's pragmatism, the book explains why gay men created the meanings they did and challenges the prevailing view that the 1960s was merely the transformation of an assimilationist gay politic into a radical one.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 575g
• ISBN-13: 9780739115985
• ISBN-10: 0739115987
• Artikelnr.: 28115619

Autorenporträt

J. Todd Ormsbee is assistant professor of American Studies at San Jose State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: Homosexuality and Meaning Chapter 2 Sickness and
Sin: Gay Men Confront Symbolic Domination Chapter 3 The Origins and Values
of a Gay Male Public Chapter 4 Conflict over the Ends and Means of Gay
Counter-Publicity Chapter 5 The Struggle for a Gay Community Chapter 6 The
Meaning of Gay Sex: Intimacy, Love, and Friendship Chapter 7 Gay
Masculinities Chapter 8 The Meaning of 'Gay' Chapter 9 Conclusion: Meaning,
Desire, and the Future of 'Gay'