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Creating a Place For Ourselves - Softcover

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9780415913904: Creating a Place For Ourselves
Softcover
ISBN 10: 041591390X ISBN 13: 9780415913904
Publisher: Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

Creating a Place For Ourselves is a groundbreaking collection of essays that examines gay life in the United States before Stonewall and the gay liberation movement. Along with examining areas with large gay communities such as New York, San Francisco and Fire Island, the contributors also consider the thriving gay populations in cities like Detroit, Buffalo, Washington, D.C., Birmingham and Flint, demonstrating that gay communities are truly everywhere.

Contributors: Brett Beemyn, Nan Alamilla Boyd, George Chauncey, Madeline Davis, Allen Drexel, John Howard, David Johnson, Liz Kennedy, Joan Nestle, Esther Newton, Tim Retzloff, Marc Stein, Roey Thorpe.

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About the Author

Brett Beemyn teaches at Western Illinois University

Reviews

Butch lesbians in Buffalo, high-class lesbians in Cherry Grove, gay auto workers in Flint, and all sorts of gay folk in San Francisco and New York are all found in this collection of essays examining the development of myriad gay communities in the country. Washington, D.C., Chicago, Detroit, Birmingham, and Philadelphia are also covered. Doubts that there were sizable gay communities before Stonewall will now be put to rest. Sometimes focusing on specific events or subgroups, the sociological studies collected here by Beemyn (African American studies, Univ. of Iowa) demonstrate how gay and lesbian gathering places served not only as venues for sexual contact but also provided a social network. The police raids and harassment, threats from neighbors, and government surveillance that were customary before Stonewall (and even in parts of the country today) are discussed here. But the focus is on how gay and lesbian communities not only survived but passed on a legacy through it all. Highly recommended for gay and lesbian studies collections.?Lee Arnold, Historical Soc. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
041591390X
ISBN 13 
9780415913904
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
306
Editor
Beemyn Brett
Rating
  • 4.24 out of 5 stars
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