Publication

2008 - Palgrave Macmillan, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

55,500 words, Guess

Page Count

222 pages

Identifiers

and 5 more
  • LibraryThing7649735
  • Library of Congress Control Number2008020594
  • OCLC Control Number228631672
  • Better World Books9780230573956
  • Open LibraryOL21096833M

Classifications

  • DDC306.76/62
  • LCCHQ76 .R62 2008
  • LCCHM401-1281RC466.8BF1

Description

"This ground-breaking study focuses on the lived experiences of gay men who were born during the Twentieth Century. Spanning an era when homosexuality was illegal through the less repressed but no less difficult eras of gay liberation and the HIV-AIDS epidemic, an understanding of what it is to be gay is shown to be historically contingent. The men's personal stories include their experiences of being closeted in the years following World War II and the Cold War, the exuberance, and, for some, personally challenging times of gay liberation and the disco culture of the 1970s, to a time of fear and grief during the HIV-AIDS epidemic. Through a series of interviews, this book illustrates the significant shifts in sexual attitudes, culture and tolerance during a most turbulent era for homosexual men."--Jacket.

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