Men Like That A Southern Queer History

Name: Men Like That A Southern Queer History
Price: 15.07 USD
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ISBN: 9780226354705

ISBN-10: 0226354709

ISBN-13: 9780226354705

Edition: 2001

Authors: John Howard

List price: $33.00

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We don't usually associate thriving queer culture with rural America, but John Howard's unparalleled history of queer life in the South persuasively debunks the myth that same-sex desires can't find expression outside the big city. In fact, this book shows that the nominally conservative institutions of small-town life--home, church, school, and workplace--were the very sites where queer sexuality flourished. As Howard recounts the life stories of the ordinary and the famous, often in their own words, he also locates the material traces of queer sexuality in the landscape: from the farmhouse to the church social, from sports facilities to roadside rest areas. Spanning four decades, Men Like…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/10/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 396
Size: 5.94" wide x 9.29" long x 0.96" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction






Ones and Twos



Sites



Movements






Norms and Laws



Representations



Politics and Beliefs



Scandals


Epilogue



A Note on Interviews



Carl Corley Bibliography



Population of Selected Mississippi Communities, Towns, and Cities


Notes


Index