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The meaning of gay : interaction, publicity, and community among homosexual men in 1960s San Francisco / J. Todd Ormsbee.
Van Pelt Library HQ76.2.U52 S356 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ormsbee, J. Todd, 1970-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay men--California--San Francisco--Social conditions--20th century.
- Gay men.
- Gay men--California--San Francisco--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Gay community--California--San Francisco--History--20th century.
- Gay community.
- Gay culture--California--San Francisco--History--20th century.
- Gay culture.
- History.
- Manners and customs.
- Social conditions.
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
- San Francisco (Calif.).
- California--San Francisco.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 337 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2010]
- Summary:
- The Meaning of Gay traces the conflicts among San Francisco's gay men and with the dominant society, describing the broad range of meanings they came to ascribe onto "gayness" between 1962 and 1972. Combining historical method, symbolic interaction, and the concerns of John Dewey's pragmatism, the book explains why gay men created the meanings they did and challenges the prevailing view that the 1960s was merely the transformation of an assimilationist gay politic into a radical one.
- Contents:
- The origins and values of a gay male public
- Sickness and sin: gay men confront symbolic domination
- Conflict over the ends and means of gay counter-publicity
- The struggle for a gay community
- The meaning of gay sex: intimacy, love, and friendship
- Gay masculinities
- The meaning of "gay".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780739115978
- 0739115979
- 9780739115985
- 0739115987
- 9780739144718
- 0739144715
- OCLC:
- 463454240
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