Out of the past : gay and lesbian history from 1869 to the present / Neil Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Neil, 1945-

Contributor:

Penn Sexuality Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality--History.

Homosexuality.

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 677 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

Revised and updated, first Alyson Books edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alyson Books, 2006.

Summary:

A unique and hugely absorbing narrative history of gay life-from Oscar Wilde to the first gay marriage performed in San Francisco in 2004-by the award-winning journalist and distinguished author of "Out in the World "and "Sex- Crime Panic." Miller accompanies his narrative with essays and excerpts from contemporary and historical writings, and the text is illustrated with photos and line drawings.

Neil Miller is the author of "Sex-Crime Panic" and winner of the 2003 Randy Shilts Award for nonfiction and an American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book. He is also the author of "In Search of Gay America," winner of the 1990 American Library Association prize for gay and lesbian literature. He teaches journalism and nonfiction writing at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.

In 'Out of the Past' Neil Miller presents a history of gay and lesbian life and culture that ranges from the time of Oscar Wilde up to the first gay marriage in San Francisco in 2004.

Contents:

Section 1 The "Invention" of Homosexuality

1 The Age of Whitman 3

2 Pioneers of Sexology 14

Two Case Studies from Havelock Ellis's Sexual Inversion 25

3 We'Wha Goes to Washington: The Berdache 29

On the Frontier 39

4 Oscar Wilde 43

An Excerpt from Wilde's De Profundis 49

Wilde and Bosie in Algiers-An Excerpt from Gide's If It Die 50

5 Romantic Friendships Between Women 53

Willa Cather 61

The Reporter and the First Lady 63

A "Passing Woman": The Strange Case of Murray Hall 67

6 Sappho Comes to Paris 71

Andre Gide 78

An Excerpt from Proust's Sodom and Gomorrah 82

An Excerpt from Colette's The Pure and the Impure 84

7 England During the Great War 86

The Sexual Labyrinth of T. E. Lawrence 96

J. R. Ackerley and the Quest for the Ideal Friend 99

Noel Coward 101

8 Germany's Golden Age 103

Strindberg Goes to a Gay Ball in Berlin, Circa 1890-An excerpt from The Cloister 118

Two Films: Different from the Others and Madchen in Uniform 120

Section 2 Four Bohemias

9 Greenwich Village 125

Degenerates of Greenwich Village-from the December 1936 issue of Current Psychology and Psychoanalysis 133

10 Renaissance in Harlem 135

A Drag Ball in Harlem 143

11 Paris in the Twenties 145

Marguerite Yourcenar 151

12 Bloomsbury 154

Vita and Harold 162

An Excerpt from Virginia Woolf's Orlando 163

13 The Well of Loneliness 166

An Excerpt from Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness 173

Section 3 The Triumph of Ideology

14 Czars and Commissars: Homosexuality in Russia 179

Diaghilev, Nijinsky, and the Ballets Russes 189

Love Between Women in the Gulag-An Excerpt from Vasily Grossman's Forever Flowing 192

15 The Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 194

An Excerpt from Heinz Heger's The Men with the Pink Triangle 207

16 The United States in World War II 210

An Excerpt from Gore Vidal's The City and the Pillar 218

Section 4 Before Stonewall

17 The Rise of the "Gay Is Sick" Shrinks 223

18 The Age of McCarthy 234

Lieutenant Blick of the Vice Squad 250

The Fruit Machine 252

19 The Struggle for British Law Reform, 1950-1967 254

Victim 264

Alan Turing, Secret Hero 265

Piccadilly Polari 267

Canada Reforms Its Laws 269

20 The Other Side of the 1950s 271

Tennessee Williams and Fifties Theater 280

James Baldwin and Giovanni's Room 284

21 The Other Side of the 1950s, Part 2: Lesbian Butch/Femme Culture 290

Black Poet in a White Butch/Femme World 297

Lorraine Hansberry 298

22 The Homophiles 302

"The Raid"-An Excerpt from One Magazine 322

The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover 324

The Word Gay 327

Bayard Rustin, "Outside Agitator" 329

Section 5 The Gay Liberation Decades

23 Stonewall and the Birth of Gay and Lesbian Liberation 335

"A Gay Manifesto" 355

Lesbianism and the Women's Movement-An Excerpt from Rita Mae Brown's "The Shape of Things to Come" 358

Gay Liberation Comes to London 360

Gay Liberation Comes to Paris 362

24 The 1970s: The Times of Harvey Milk and Anita Bryant 366

Leonard Matlovich: A Soldier's Story 381

In the Statehouse: Representative Elaine Noble and Senator Allen Spear 385

The Man Who Saved the President 386

The Rise of the Gay Press 388

25 Sex and Music in the Seventies 392

26 Lesbian Nation and Women's Music 401

27 The 1980s: The Age of AIDS 409

An Excerpt from Randy Shilts's And the Band Played On 431

The Vatican Cracks Down 432

The Great Lesbian Sex Debates 435

Michel Foucault 438

The Contradictions of the Gay Conservative: Terry Dolan 441

The Gay Fiction Boom of the 1980s 444

Section 6 The International Scene

28 Communism and Fascism 451

29 England: The Battle over Clause 28 473

Simon Nkoli 482

30 Japan 485

Excerpts from Mishima's Confessions of a Mask and Forbidden Colors 492

Section 7 The Gay Moment

31 The Clinton Years 497

Voices from the Military Debate 513

The Many Lives of Martina Navratilova 515

The Year of the Lesbian 520

32 Into the New Millennium 523

September 11, 2001 545

The AIDS Tides Turns-At Least for Some 550

Under Siege in Southern Africa and Egypt 552

That's Entertainment 556

Marriage Around the World 563.

section 1: The "invention" of homosexuality. The age of Whitman ; Pioneers of sexology ; We'Wha goes to Washington : the berdache ; Oscar Wilde ; Romantic friendships between women ; Sappho comes to Paris ; England during the Great War ; Germany's golden age

section 2: Four Bohemias. Greenwich Village ; Renaissance in Harlem ; Paris in the twenties ; Bloomsbury ; The well of loneliness

section 3: The triumph of ideology. Czars and commissars : homosexuality in Russia ; The Nazi persecution of homosexuals ; The United States in World War II

section 4: Before Stonewall. The rise of the "gay is sick" shrinks. The age of McCarthy ; The struggle for British law reform, 1950-1967 ; The other side of the 1950s ; The other side of the 1950s, part 2 : lesbian butch/femme culture ; The homophiles

section 5: The gay liberation decades. Stonewall and the birth of gay and lesbian liberation ; The 1970s : the times of Harvey Milk and Anita Bryant ; Sex and music in the seventies ; Lesbian nation and women's music ; The 1980s : the age of AIDS

section 6: The international scene. Communism and fascism ; England : the battle over clause 28 ; Japan

section 7: The gay moment. The Clinton years ; Into the new millennium.

section 1. The "invention" of homosexuality

1. The age of Whitman

2. Pioneers of sexology

Two case studies from Havelock Ellis's Sexual inversion

3. We'Wha goes to Washington : the Berdache

On the frontier

4. Oscar Wilde

An excerpt from Wilde's De Profundis

Wilde and Bosie in Algiers, an excerpt from Gide's If it die

5. Romantic friendships between women

Willa Cather

The reporter and the first lady

A "passing woman" : the strange case of Murray Hall

6. Sappho comes to Paris

André Gide

An excerpt from Proust's Sodom and Gomorrah

An excerpt from Collette's The pure and the impure

7. England during the great war

The sexual labyrinth of T.E. Lawrence

J.R. Ackerley and the quest for the ideal friend

Noël Coward

8. Germany's golden age

Strindberg goes to a gay ball in Berlin, circa 1890, an excerpt from The cloister

Two films : Different from the others and Mädchen in Uniform.

section 2. Four Bohemias

9. Greenwich Village

Degenerates of Greenwich Village, from the December 1936 issue of Current psychology and psychoanalysis

10. Renaissance in Harlem

A drag ball in Harlem

11. Paris in the twenties

Marguerite Yourcenar

12. Bloomsbury

Vita and Harold

An excerpt from Virginia Woolf's Orlando

13. The well of loneliness

An excerpt from Radclyffe Hall's The well of loneliness.

section 3. The triumph of ideology

14. Czars and commissars : homosexuality in Russia

Diaghilev, Nijinsky, and the Ballets Russes

Love between women in the Gulag, an excerpt form Vasily Grossman's Forever flowing

15. The Nazi persecution of homosexuals

An excerpt from Heinz Heger's The men with the pink triangle

16. The United States in World War II

An excerpt from Gore Vidal's The city and the pillar.

section 4. Before Stonewall

17. The rise of the "gay is sick" shrinks

18. The age of McCarthy

Lieutenant Blick of the vice squad

The fruit machine

19. The struggle for British law reform, 1950-1967

Victim

Alan Turing, secret hero

Piccadilly polari

Canada reforms its laws

20. The other side of the 1950s

Tennessee Williams and fifties theater

James Baldwin and Giovanni's room

21. The other side of the 1950s, part 2 : lesbian butch/femme culture

Black poet in a white butch/femme world

Lorraine Hansberry

22. The homophiles

"The raid," an excerpt from One magazine

The secret life of J. Edgar Hoover

The word gay

Bayard Rustin, "outside agitator."

section 5. The gay liberation decades

23. Stonewall and the birth of gay and lesbian liberation

"A gay manifesto"

Lesbianism and the women's movement, an excerpt from Rita Mae Brown's "The shape of things to come"

Gay liberation comes to London

Gay liberation comes to Paris

24. The 1970s : the times of Harvey Milk and Anita Bryant

Leonard Matlovich : a soldier's story

In the statehouse : representative Elaine Noble and senator Allen Spear

The man who saved the president

The rise of the gay press

25. Sex and music in the seventies

26. Lesbian nation and women's music

27. The 1980s : the age of AIDS

An excerpt from Randy Shilts's And the band played on

The Vatican cracks down

The great lesbian sex debates

Michel Foucault

The contradictions of the gay conservative : Terry Dolan

The gay fiction boom of the 1980s.

section 6. The international scene

28. Communism and fascism

29. England : the battle over clause 28

Simon Nkoli

30. Japan

Excerpts from Mishima's Confessions of a mask and Forbidden colors.

section 7. The gay moment

31. The Clinton years

Voices from the military debate

The many lives of Martina Navratilova

The year of the lesbian

32. Into the new millennium

September 11, 2001

The AIDS tides turns, at least from some

Under siege in Southern Africa and Egypt

That's entertainment

Marriage around the world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [569]-644) and index.

Local Notes:

Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center.

ISBN:

1555838707

OCLC:

61362858