Gay New York
Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940
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Author
Contributions
- Archie Ferguson - Jacket Design
Publication
1994-05-01 - Basic Books, New York, USA, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
124,000 words, Guess
Page Count
496 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivegaynewyorkgender00chaurich
- Internet Archivegaynewyorkgender00chau
- ISBN-100465026338
- ISBN-139780465026333
- LibraryThing128584
and 4 more
- Goodreads1184231
- Library of Congress Control Number94004542
- OCLC Control Number29877871
- Open LibraryOL1081021M
Classifications
- DDC305.38 /9664 /097471
- LCCHQ 76.2 U52 N53 1994
- LCCHQ76.2.U52 N53 1994
Description
The award-winning, field-defining history of gay life in New York City in the early to mid-20th century. *Gay New York* brilliantly shatters the myth that before the 1960s gay life existed only in the closet, where gay men were isolated, invisible, and self-hating. Drawing on a rich trove of diaries, legal records, and other unpublished documents, George Chauncey constructs a fascinating portrait of a vibrant, cohesive gay world that is not supposed to have existed. Called "monumental" (Washington Post), "unassailable" (Boston Globe), "brilliant" (The Nation), and "a first-rate book of history" (The New York Times), *Gay New York* forever changed how we think about the history of gay life in New York City, and beyond.
First Sentence
AT THE END OF THE 1890s, COLUMBIA HALL (BETTER KNOWN AS PARESIS Hall), on the Bowery at Fifth Street, was by all accounts, the "principal resort in New York for degenerates" and well known as much to the public.
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