Queer History of the United States

Name: Queer History of the United States
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ISBN: 9780807044391

ISBN-10: 0807044393

ISBN-13: 9780807044391

Edition: 2011

Authors: Michael Bronski

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A Queer History of the United Statesis groundbreaking and accessible. It looks at how American culture has shaped the LGBT, or queer, experience, while simultaneously arguing that LGBT people not only shaped but were pivotal in creating our country. Using numerous primary documents and literature, as well as social histories, Bronski's book takes the reader through the centuries--from Columbus' arrival and the brutal treatment the Native peoples received, through the American Revolution's radical challenging of sex and gender roles--to the violent, and liberating, 19th century--and the transformative social justice movements of the 20th. Bronski's book is filled with startling examples of…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 5/10/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 312
Size: 6.36" wide x 9.27" long x 1.07" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Author's Note


Introduction



The Persecuting Society



Sexually Ambiguous Revolutions



Imagining a Queer America



A Democracy of Death and Art



A Dangerous Purity



Life on the Stage/Life in the City



Production and Marketing of Gender



Sex in the Trenches



Visible Communities/Invisible Lives



Revolt/Backlash/Resistance


EpilogueP236


Acknowledgments


NotesP244


CreditsP261


IndexP262