Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities Second Edition

Name: Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities Second Edition
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ISBN: 9780226142678

ISBN-10: 0226142671

ISBN-13: 9780226142678

Edition: 2nd 1998

Authors: John D'Emilio

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With thorough documentation of the oppression of homosexuals and biographical sketches of the lesbian and gay heroes who helped the contemporary gay culture to emerge, Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities supplies the definitive analysis of the homophile movement in the U.S. from 1940 to 1970. John D'Emilio's new preface and afterword examine the conditions that shaped the book and the growth of gay and lesbian historical literature."How many students of American political culture know that during the McCarthy era more people lost their jobs for being alleged homosexuals than for being Communists? . . . These facts are part of the heretofore obscure history of homosexuality in America—a…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 286
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.43" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface, 1998


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Identity, Community, and Oppression: A Sexual Minority in the Making



Homosexuality and American Society: An Overview



Forging a Group Identity: World War II and the Emergence of an Urban Gay Subculture



The Bonds of Oppression: Gay Life in the 1950s



The 1950s: Radical Visions and Conformist Pressures



Radical Beginnings of the Mattachine Society



Retreat the Respectability



Dual Identity and Lesbian Autonomy: The Beginnings of Separate Organizing Among Women



The Quest for Legitimacy



The 1960s: Civil Rights and the Pursuit of Equality



Gay Life in the Public Eye



Civil Rights and Direct Action: The New East Coast Militancy, 1961-1965



The Movement and the Subculture Converge: San Francisco During the Early 1960s



High Hopes and Modest Gains



The Liberation Impulse



A New Beginning: The Birth of Gay Liberation



Conclusion


Afterword, 1998


Index