A Passion to Preserve: Gay Men as Keepers of Culture - Softcover

Fellows, Will

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0299196844 ISBN 13: 9780299196844

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 2005

Synopsis

From large cities to rural communities, gay men have long been impassioned pioneers as keepers of culture: rescuing and restoring decrepit buildings, revitalizing blighted neighborhoods, saving artifacts and documents of historical significance. A Passion to Preserve explores this authentic and complex dimension of gay men’s lives by profiling early and contemporary preservationists from throughout the United States, highlighting contributions to the larger culture that gays are exceptionally inclined to make.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"The main strength of the project is the actual oral histories recorded here by the editor. Fellows is a wonderful preservationist himself; the book's impressive range of contributors speaks to the care and skill he brings to his work."--David Román, professor of English and American Studies, University of Southern California

About the Author:

Will Fellows is the author of Farm Boys, which was honored as a best book of 1996 by Esquire Magazine and the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in 1997. He lives in Milwaukee.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0299196844
• ISBN 13: 9780299196844
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 298