
The Rise and Fall of Gay Culture
Daniel Harris
#3424 of 3,809 books · #188 in General
Shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest (1997).
In an unprecedented analytic examination of the daily lives of gay men, respected and confrontational essayist Daniel Harris investigates the artifacts, rituals, and institutions of gay culture, focusing on a central historical question: What happens to a sensibility that was developed in response to ostracism when that subculture becomes less excluded?
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- Hyperion Books
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- 9780786861651
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Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current InterestShortlisted(1997)
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