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City of sisterly and brotherly loves : lesbian and gay Philadelphia, 1945-1972 / Marc Stein.
Van Pelt Library HQ76.3.U52 P57 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stein, Marc.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay men--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.
- Gay men.
- Lesbians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.
- Lesbians.
- Gay liberation movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.
- Gay liberation movement.
- History.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Social history.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 461 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- Marc Stein's City of Sisterly and Brotherly Loves is refreshing for at least two reasons: it centers on a city that is not generally associated with a vibrant gay and lesbian culture, and it shows that a community was forming long before the Stonewall rebellion. In this lively and well received book, Stein brings to life the neighborhood bars and clubs where people gathered and the political issues that rallied the community. He reminds us that Philadelphians were leaders in the national gay and lesbian movement and, in doing so, suggests that New York and San Francisco have for too long obscured the contributions of other cities to gay culture.
- Contents:
- Your place or mine? : residential zones in the "city of neighborhoods"
- "No-man's land" : commercial districts in the "Quaker city"
- The death and life of public space in the "private city"
- "The most fabulous faggot in the land"
- The "objectionable" Walt Whitman bridge
- Rizzo's raiders and beaten beats
- "Come out! Come out! Wherever your are!" : 1960
- "Earnestly seeking respectability" : 1960-1963
- "News for 'queers' and fiction for 'perverts'" : 1963-1967
- "The masculine-feminine mystique" : 1967-1969
- "Turning points" : 1969-1970
- Gay liberation in the "birthplace of the nation" : 1970-1971
- Radicalesbian feminism in "Fillydykia" : 1971-1972.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000, in series: Chicago series on sexuality, history, and society.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [393]-441) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1592131301
- 9781592131303
- OCLC:
- 55596487
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