Growing Up Before Stonewall: Life Stories Of Some Gay Men

Type

Book

Authors

Peter Nardi

ISBN 10

0415101522

ISBN 13

9780415101523

Tags

Literary Criticism, Criticism & Theory, Men, Gay & Lesbian, Sociology, Literature, Gay & Lesbian Studies, Gender Studies, Queer History, LGBT History, Interviews & Oral History

Description

This book tells the stories of 11 American gay men who tried to make sense of their identities in the years before the modern gay movement began. In their own words, these men recollect fascinating accounts of what it was like negotiate their desires within a social and psychological context in which homosexuality was marginalized. The editors carefully situate the lifestories in US culture before Stonewall and skillfully raises the issues and problems in presenting such stories. - from Amzon

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