Gay new york by george chauncey

Includes bibliographical references p. Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, is a landmark work in LGBTQ history by George Chauncey. Want more? Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses.

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Gay New York brilliantly shatters the myth that before the s gay life existed only in the closet, where gay men were isolated, invisible, and self-hating. First published in by Basic Books, it was republished in in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.

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Gay New York received the Lambda Literary Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Merle Curti Prize for the best book. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, – is a history book by George Chauncey about gay life in New York City during the early 20th century.

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Search icon An illustration of a magnifying glass. Uploaded by sf-loaders archive. Drawing on a rich trove of diaries, legal records, and other unpublished documents, George Chauncey constructs a fascinating. Drawing on a rich trove of diaries, legal records, and other unpublished documents, George Chauncey constructs a fascinating portrait of a vibrant, cohesive gay world that is not supposed.

Better World Books. [1]. The award-winning, field-defining history of gay life in New York City in the early to midth century. Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape "Donate to the archive" User icon An illustration of a person's head and chest.

Focusing questions about gay New York City, the gay capital of the nation for nearly a century, Chauncey recreates the saloons, speakeasies, and cafeterias where gay men gathered, the intimate parties and immense drag balls where they celebrated, and the highly visible residential enclaves they built in Greenwich Village, Harlem, and Times Square.

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