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The world turned : essays on gay history, politics, and culture / John D'Emilio.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- D'Emilio, John
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay rights--United States--History--20th century.
- Gay rights.
- Gay men--United States--History--20th century.
- Gay men.
- Lesbians--United States--History--20th century.
- Lesbians.
- Social change--United States--History--20th century.
- Social change.
- History.
- United States.
- United States--Social life and customs--1971-.
- Manners and customs.
- United States--Social conditions--1960-1980.
- Social conditions.
- United States--Social conditions--1980-2020.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--1989-.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 264 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- Distinguished historian and leading gay-rights activist D'Emilio show how gay issues moved from the margins to the center of national consciousness during the critical decade of the 1990s.
- Contents:
- Homophobia and the course of postwar American radicalism : the career of Bayard Rustin
- Placing gay in the sixties
- Still radical after all these years : remembering Out of the closets
- A meaning for all those words : sex, politics, history, and Larry Kramer
- Cycles of change, questions of strategy : the gay and lesbian movement after 50 years
- Organizational tales : interpreting the NGLTF story
- Why is this year different from any other?
- The Clinton election : historical perspectives at a moment of change
- Stonewall : myth and meaning
- Born gay?
- What does gay liberation have to do with the war in Bosnia?
- Laying claim to family
- Visions of leadership : remembering Ken Dawson
- My changing sex life
- Then and now : the shifting context of gay historical writing
- A biographer and his subject : wrestling with Bayard Rustin.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Lambda Literary Awards - Editor's Choice, Winner, 2003
- Other Format:
- Online version: D'Emilio, John. World turned.
- ISBN:
- 0822329301
- 9780822329305
- 0822330237
- 9780822330233
- 0822329468
- 9780822329466
- OCLC:
- 48965010
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