About this title: 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 remarkably visible but extensively integrated into the straight world.. Gay New York brilliantly shatters the myth that before the 1960s gay life existed only in the closet, where gay men were isolated, invisible, ...
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Description: Acceptable. Book is in good reading condition. Cover has wear at edges and corners, and may have creases. Spine has wear at edges and creases. read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780465026210ISBN:0465026214
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 1995-05-18
ISBN-13:9780465026210ISBN:0465026214
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780465026210ISBN:0465026214
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780465026210ISBN:0465026214
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Description: New. Winner of the 1994 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History, Chauncey's brilliant work challenges the conventional wisdom that before the 1960s gay life existed only in the closet. "Chauncey's genius here is the way he combines real lives and theory". read more
"Fascinating. Who would have known that such a vibrant gay culture existed in New York that early in history? I love that there was a culture before Stonewall, that the closet was not completely shut before that. Fantastically researched and incredibly readable for such a scholarly work."
"Chauncey's intention is to add to the literature that sets gay rights activism as beginning before Stonewall, by going back to one of the liveliest of the gay scenes of the early twentieth century. He claims that "the gay world that flourished before World War Two has been almost entirely forgotten in popular memory and overlooked by professional historians; it is not supposed to have existed" (p.1). Chauncey denies that this world was one of "isolation, invisibility, and internalization" (p.2), but rather finds that the highly visible gay community in New York at the turn of the century was tolerated, and even a source of popular heterosexual curiosity, prior to the rise of mid-twentieth century gay persecution. He argues that the blinders created by this rise in homophobia have prevented us from being able to perceive the culture of tolerance beforehand. For Chauncey, "the closet" was constructed in the 1930s, during the crisis in manhood invoked by the Depression, and with state-approval, gay men and women were sealed into it for decades. While his argument may go a bit far in the direction of revisionism, and seems to ignore the self-denial implicit common phenomenon of gays who maintained "double lives" as respectable family men-and women by day while clubbing at night, he does paint a fascinating portrait of an oft-forgotten time and place."
"oh man, do I love my queer history! A fascinating view into the gay subculture of turn of the century New York, that really wasn't so 'underground' as we might think. Writing can be a bit dry at times (aka lots of loooong sentences), but the primary sources of pictures, drawings, advertisements and hilarious first hand accounts more than make up for it."
"The stories of "diversity" always capture my attention. Chauncey provided an articulate of the change in the cultural aspects and mores of men who seek men as companions - very specifically to New York. I was fascinated."
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