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Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890–1940

George Chauncey

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Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890–1940

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 Drawing on a rich trove of diaries, legal records, and other unpublished documents, George Chauncey constructs a fascinating portrait of a vibrant, cohesive gay world that is not supposed to have existed.

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Publisher
Hachette UK
Year
2008
ISBN-13
9780786723355
Genre
History
Topics
Gay historyLGBTQ culture in New York CityUrban social history

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