Gay new york by george chauncey

Gay New York Edit. Create new list Cancel. Times 19th century20th century Edition Availability 1. An updated edition commemorates the Stonewall Rebellion 's 50th anniversary. Add another edition? Drawing on a rich trove of diaries, legal records, and other unpublished documents, George Chauncey constructs a fascinating portrait of a vibrant, cohesive gay world that is not supposed.

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Drawing on a rich trove of diaries, legal records, and other unpublished documents, George Chauncey constructs a fascinating portrait of a vibrant, cohesive gay world that is not supposed to have existed.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

Copy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. The award-winning, field-defining history of gay life in New York City in the early to midth century. Focusing on New York City, the gay capital of the nation for nearly a century, Chauncey recreates the saloons, speakeasies, and cafeterias where gay men gathered, the intimate parties and immense drag balls where they celebrated, and the highly visible residential enclaves they built in Greenwich Village, Harlem, and Times Square.

Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, – is a history book by George Chauncey about gay life in New York City during the early 20th century. Use this Work. Delete Note Save Note. Gay New York: the making of the gay male world,Flamingo.

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