Courage to Connect Sexuality, Citizenship, and Community in Provincetown

Name: Courage to Connect Sexuality, Citizenship, and Community in Provincetown
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ISBN: 9780252075339

ISBN-10: 0252075331

ISBN-13: 9780252075339

Edition: 2003

Authors: Sandra L. Faiman-Silva

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Based on over six years of fieldwork, Sandra L. Faiman-Silva'sThe Courage to Connecttraces the transformation of the Cape Cod community of Provincetown from its nineteenth-century origins as a fishing town where Portuguese immigrants settled to its present status as a welcoming, sexually diverse tourist enclave. Faiman-Silva examines the communityrsquo;s history and economy as well as how gay and straight cultures intersect in areas such as public education, local government, and law enforcement. Using queer and critical culture theory to deconstruct day-to-day local encounters, Faiman-Silva describes the causes of social conflicts and how these conflicts can be resolved. Capturing the…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 12/10/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English

Sandra L. Faiman-Silva is a professor of anthropology at Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts and the author ofChoctaws at the Crossroads: The Political Economy of Class and Culture in the Oklahoma Timber Region.She lives in Falmouth on Cape Cod.