Wide-Open Town A History of Queer San Francisco To 1965

Name: Wide-Open Town A History of Queer San Francisco To 1965
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ISBN: 9780520244740

ISBN-10: 0520244745

ISBN-13: 9780520244740

Edition: 2003

Authors: Nan Alamilla Boyd

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Wide-Open Town traces the history of gay men and lesbians in San Francisco from the turn of the century, when queer bars emerged in San Francisco's tourist districts, to 1965, when a raid on a drag ball changed the course of queer history. Bringing to life the striking personalities and vibrant milieu that fueled this era, Nan Alamilla Boyd examines the culture that developed around the bar scene and homophile activism. She argues that the communities forged inside bars and taverns functioned politically and, ultimately, offered practical and ideological responses to the policing of San Francisco's queer and transgender communities. Using police and court records, oral histories, tourist…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/13/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 340
Size: 6.54" wide x 8.98" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Nan Alamilla Boyd is Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Sonoma State University.



Acknowledgments


Introduction: San Francisco Was a Wide-Open Town


Oral History




Transgender and Gay Male Cultures from the 1890s through the 1960s


Oral History




Lesbian Space, Lesbian Territory: San Francisco's North Beach District, 1933-1954


Oral History




Policing Queers in the 1940s and 1950s: Harassment, Prosecution, and the Legal Defense of Gay Bars


Oral History




"A Queer Ladder of Social Mobility": San Francisco's Homophile Movements, 1953-1960


Oral History




Queer Cooperation and Resistance: A Gay and Lesbian Movement Comes Together in the 1960s


Conclusion: Marketing a Queer San Francisco



Map of North Beach Queer Bars and Restaurants, 1933-1965



List of Interviewees


Notes


Index