The Queer Sixties - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415921694 ISBN 13: 9780415921695

Publisher: Routledge, 1999

Synopsis

The Queer Sixties assembles an impressive group of cultural critics to go against the grain of 1960s studies, and proposes new and different ways of the last decade before the closet doors swung open. Imbued with the zeitgeist of the 60s, this playful and powerful collection rescues the persistence of the queer imaginary.

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Review:

"This eye-opening work of cultural history is recommended for larger public libraries and academic collections with gay studies or art specializations."
-Jeffery Ingram, Newport P.L., OR, "Library Journal June 15, 1999
"Smith's volum examines the iconography of queer sexuality in popular culture during the deacde preceding Stonewall. Fourteen essays arrange in five subsections appraoch this topic through subjects ranging from pulp fiction and pop music to theater and film. Smith (UCLA) provises an introcution, and each of the essays includes substantial notes." -"Choice."
"Smith collects a broad sampling of literary, film, and music criticism fora reading of the culture of the 1960s through queer-colored glasses. This eye-opening work of cultural history is recommended for larger public libraries and academic collections with gay studies or art specializations."
-"Library Journal, June 15, 1999

Synopsis:

As the 1960s recede further into our collective memory, curiosity and nostalgia for this groovy, flower-powered decade persists. Many books have charted the social history of this tumultuous time, but none have provided queer readings of the icons and iconoclasts that peopled its stage. The Queer Sixties assembles an impressive group of cultural critics to go against the grain of 1960s studies, and proposes new and different ways of looking at the queer cultural and subcultural expression of the last decade before the closet doors swung open. A magical mystery tour, this collection reveals the queer in the Beatles and Jim Morrison, unearths the cultural power of lesbian and gay pulp fiction, and reads the queer in Myra Breckinridge, In Cold Blood, and Another Country, among others. Imbued with the zeitgeist of the 60s, this playful and powerful collection rescues the persistence of the queer imaginary.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0415921694
• ISBN 13: 9780415921695
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Smith Patricia Juliana