Review: Gay New YorkRedactionele recensie - Kirkus ReviewsHistorian Chauncey (Univ. of Chicago) brilliantly maps out the complex gay world of turn-of-the-century New York City. This book's publication is timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the uprising at the Stonewall Inn, which is often hailed as the birth of the modern gay and lesbian movement. Yet Chauncey convincingly puts Stonewall in perspective: It hardly marked the beginning of urban gay pride or nightlife. Rather than languishing in obscurity and isolation, as has long been assumed, many gay male New Yorkers thrived in close, often proud communities decades before the famous riots. He argues that before WW II the boundaries between homosexual and heterosexual behavior were far looser than they were later, particularly among working-class men. Gay New York reconstructs prewar gay life through police records, newspapers, oral histories, the papers of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, diaries, medical records, and other fascinating primary texts. The material is rich and much of it startlingly revealing about prewar social mores: A State Liquor Authority investigator in 1939 amiably refers to a drag queen by the feminine pronoun, boasting that ""she liked us very much,"" while a musician's diaries tell of his often successful attempts at picking up uniformed policemen. This was clearly a world of permeable sexual boundaries. Chauncey (co-editor, Hidden From History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past, not reviewed) is a savvy tour guide, leading us through bars, speakeasies, parks, bathhouses, streets, rooming houses, and cafeterias, always providing ample historical context and intriguing interpretive possibilities. He explores not only the mainstream culture's influence on gay urban life, but vice versa, arguing that homosexuality and heterosexuality are historically specific categories that evolved in the beginning of this century and shaped each other. Chauncey has made a stunning contribution not only to gay history, but to the study of urban life, class, gender -- and heterosexuality. GebruikersrecensiesReview: Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940Gebruikersrecensie - GoodreadsI totally recognize this as a great piece of scholarship, in depth, well researched. But for me personally, it was a bit too scholarly, and I lost interest about half way through. I wish I could take ... Review: Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940Gebruikersrecensie - GoodreadsHands down, my favorite book of the semester. It's a hefty 380 pages long but so well written and interesting that it reads like a much shorter book. The author handles his research masterfully and ... Review: Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940Gebruikersrecensie - Aja - GoodreadsThe most surprising thing about this book for me was how well it informs some of the gender performance and behaviors of today. I especially like the part of the book that discussed manliness and the ... Volledige recensie lezen Review: Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940Gebruikersrecensie - James Weisbach - GoodreadsI enjoyed this a lot - I find gay subculture fascinating, especially before Stonewall when there was no existing political movement. I was amazed to learn how little I know about my own community less ... Volledige recensie lezen Review: Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940Gebruikersrecensie - Kevin - GoodreadsThis is a juicy one! Should be required reading for...well, everyone. So much fascinating history here. And the section on camp culture is great: "Camp represented a critical perspective on the world ... Volledige recensie lezen Review: Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940Gebruikersrecensie - Dan Allosso - GoodreadsI didn't think Chauncey completely differentiated between activities (ie, sex acts), lifestyles, and group consciousness -- but maybe that's because these things were very confused and developed ... Volledige recensie lezen Review: Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940Gebruikersrecensie - GoodreadsI enjoyed this. I don't understand why people feel the need to police other people's sex lives (except in the cases of children, animals and non-consenting adults), so I found a lot of the material in ... Review: Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940Gebruikersrecensie - Alison - GoodreadsReally, really interesting history about a culture whose history is largely ignored. He provides really good primary source material that makes his narrative really engaging to read. The book is an ... Volledige recensie lezen Review: Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940Gebruikersrecensie - Whitney - GoodreadsFantastic read. Now I'm reading a book about how gay culture in San Francisco differed from how Chauncey describes gay culture in New York. Yay gays! Volledige recensie lezen | Gebruikersbeoordelingen| 5 sterren | | | 4 sterren | | | 3 sterren | | | 2 sterren | | | 1 ster | |
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