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A passion to preserve : gay men as keepers of culture / Will Fellows.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fellows, Will.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay men--United States--Biography.
- Gay men.
- Cultural property--Protection--United States.
- Cultural property.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (299 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From large cities to rural communities, gay men have long been impassioned pioneers as keepers of culture: rescuing and restoring decrepit buildings, revitalizing blighted neighborhoods, saving artifacts and documents of historical significance. "A Passion to Preserve" explores this authentic and complex dimension of gay men s lives by profiling early and contemporary preservationists from throughout the United States, highlighting contributions to the larger culture that gays are exceptionally inclined to make."
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Charlotte and Me: Preservation-Minded from Childhood
- In Search of Gay Preservationists
- What These Gay Men's Lives Reveal
- Saving Old New England
- Mark Doty
- Don Leavitt
- Mark Sammons
- Design-Minded in the Mid-Atlantic States
- Ken Lustbader
- James Nocito
- Dwight Young
- Greg Kinsman
- To the Rescue in the Atlantic South
- Allan Gurganus
- Myrick Howard
- John Anders
- Robert Barker
- Cranford Sutton
- Domophiles Out West
- Jay Yost
- Ken Miller
- Gilbert Millikan and David Richards
- Richard Jost and Charles Fuchs
- California Conservative
- Richard Reutlinger
- Gerry Takano
- Jeffrey Samudio
- Jim Wilke
- Generations of Gentlemen Keep Cooksville, Wisconsin
- William Wartmann
- Al Garland
- Larry Reed
- Singular Preservationists in the Midwest
- Dana Duppler
- Joe Johnson and Ron Markwell
- Robert Seger
- Cherishing Old New Orleans and Louisiana
- Curt Greska
- Lloyd Sensat
- Randy Plaisance
- Toward a Larger View of Gay Men
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-299-19689-5
- 1-282-78827-2
- 9786612788277
- 0-299-19683-6
- OCLC:
- 673388939
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