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Creating a Place For Ourselves - by Brett Beemyn (Paperback)

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  • 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.
  • About the Author: Brett Beemyn teaches at Western Illinois University
  • 306 Pages
  • Social Science,

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About the Book



Using oral history and rich narrative voices, this groundbreaking collection of essays brings to life the vibrant lesbian, gay and bisexual communities that existed all over the country in days before Stonewall. Contributors include Brett Beemyn, George Chauncey, Allen Drexel, John Howard, David Johnson, Liz Kennedy, Marc Stein, and Roey Thorpe. Illustrations.



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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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"...essays are fascinatingly researched and engagingly written; the depth of detail here is simply splendid...this collection of essays illuminates how the complicated matrix of gender, race, class (and to some extent mobility, both social and physical) has come into play in the formation of gay, lesbian, and bisexual communities." -- The Lavender Salon Reader
"This rich and varied collection will allow teachers of social history and of the twentieth-century United States to incorporate material on sexual identity more easily into their courses." -- John D'Emilio, The Journal ofAmerican History
"The essays in Creating a Place for Ourselves provide important and inspirational building blocks in the ever-expanding field of lesbian, gay, and bisexual community studies." -- Lesbian Review of Books




About the Author



Brett Beemyn teaches at Western Illinois University

Dimensions (Overall): 9.02 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .65 Inches (D)
Weight: .97 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 306
Genre: Social Science
Publisher: Routledge
Theme: Gay Studies
Format: Paperback
Author: Brett Beemyn
Language: English
Street Date: April 7, 1997
TCIN: 92238063
UPC: 9780415913904
Item Number (DPCI): 247-28-2864
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Q: What is the primary focus of the essays in this book?

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  • A: The primary focus is on the vibrant lesbian, gay, and bisexual communities in the U.S. before Stonewall.

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