The Courage to Connect: Sexuality, Citizenship, and Community in Provincetown - Hardcover

Faiman-Silva, Sandra L.

9780252028977: The Courage to Connect: Sexuality, Citizenship, and Community in Provincetown

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 025202897X ISBN 13: 9780252028977

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2004

Based on over six years of fieldwork, Sandra L. Faiman-Silva's The Courage to Connect traces the transformation of the well-known Cape Cod community of Provincetown from its nineteenth century origins a Portuguese fishing town to its present status as a welcoming, sexually diverse tourist enclave.

The book critically examines the history of the Portuguese ethnic community and the local economy, as well as the nature of intersections between gay and straight culture in areas such as public education, local government, and the police. Using queer and critical culture theory to deconstruct day-to-day local encounters, it lays bare the roots of social conflicts and how they can be resolved.

Capturing the pathos and joy of a community that has struggled to accommodate radical social changes, The Courage to Connect serves as a model for understanding how communities can construct themselves to overcome their differences.

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Book Description:

Based on over six years of fieldwork, Sandra L. Faiman-Silva's The Courage to Connect traces the transformation of the Cape Cod community of Provincetown from its nineteenth-century origins as a fishing town where Portuguese immigrants settled to its present status as a welcoming, sexually diverse tourist enclave. Faiman-Silva examines the community’s history and economy as well as how gay and straight cultures intersect in areas such as public education, local government, and law enforcement. Using queer and critical culture theory to deconstruct day-to-day local encounters, Faiman-Silva describes the causes of social conflicts and how these conflicts can be resolved. Capturing the pathos and joy of a community that has struggled to accommodate radical social changes, The Courage to Connect yields understanding of the ways in which communities can construct themselves to overcome differences.

About the Author:

Sandra L. Faiman-Silva is a professor of anthropology at Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts and the author of Choctaws at the Crossroads: The Political Economy of Class and Culture in the Oklahoma Timber Region. She lives in Falmouth on Cape Cod.

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