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Times 19th century20th century Edition Availability 1. Drawing on a rich trove of diaries, legal records, and other unpublished documents, George Chauncey constructs a fascinating portrait of a vibrant, cohesive gay world that is not supposed to have existed.

Chauncey George Department of : Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, is a landmark work in LGBTQ history by George Chauncey

He is currently completing a book on gay male culture, politics, and everyday life in the segregated neighborhoods of postwar New York City. Create new list Cancel. Gay New York brilliantly shatters the myth that before the s gay life existed only in the closet, where gay men were isolated, invisible, and self-hating.

My Reading Lists:. Preview Only. Gay New York: the making of the gay male world,Flamingo. The Exclusion of Homosexuality from the Public Spere in the s. Book Details Table of Contents Acknowledgments. October 21, History.

Publish Date. Inthe Library of Congress awarded him the John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity. The Bowery as Haven and Spectacle. Need help? 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.

Gay New York Edit. Use this Work. Delete Note Save Note. The Fairy as an Intermediate Sex. Trade, Wolves, and the Boundaries of Normal Manhood. 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.

An updated edition commemorates the Stonewall Rebellion 's 50th anniversary. Buy this book Fetching prices. Previews available in: English. The award-winning, field-defining history of gay life in New York City in the early to midth century.

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