Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-70 - Softcover

D′emilio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226142663 ISBN 13: 9780226142661

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1984

Synopsis

With thorough documentation of the oppression of homosexuals and biographical sketches of the lesbian and gay heroes who helped the contemporary gay culture to emerge, Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities supplies the definitive analysis of the homophile movement in the U.S. from 1940 to 1970. John D'Emilio's new preface and afterword examine the conditions that shaped the book and the growth of gay and lesbian historical literature."How many students of American political culture know that during the McCarthy era more people lost their jobs for being alleged homosexuals than for being Communists . . . These facts are part of the heretofore obscure history of homosexuality in Americaa history that John D'Emilio thoroughly documents in this important book."George DeStefano, Nation"John D'Emilio provides homosexual political struggles with something that every movement requiresa sympathetic history rendered in a dispassionate voice."

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226142663
• ISBN 13: 9780226142661
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268