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Cherry Grove, fire island : sixty years in America's first gay and lesbian town / Esther Newton, with a new preface.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newton, Esther.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lesbians--New York (State)--Cherry Grove--History.
- Lesbians.
- Gay men--New York (State)--Cherry Grove--History.
- Gay men.
- Gay people--New York (State)--Fire Island (Island)--History.
- Gay people.
- Gay community--New York (State)--Fire Island (Island)--History.
- Gay community.
- Lesbian community--New York (State)--Fire Island (Island)--History.
- Lesbian community.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (423 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- <div>Esther Newton tells the story of Cherry Grove, the popular gay and lesbian resort community off of Long Island. Newton discusses the importance of camp, gay theater and the intersections of race, gender, class and sexuality in America's first gay and lesbian town.</div>
- Contents:
- How the Grove became gay: 1936-1945
- Built upon the sand?
- The gay country club: 1946-1959
- The battle for the beach
- Conviviality and camp
- Trouble in paradise
- The nation takes shape: 1960-1969
- The rise of gay commercialism
- The geometry of gay prejudice
- Plays, parties, and sex
- The "Lithuanians" and the "doughnut rack": the lesbian minority: 1936-1980
- The "fun gay ladies"
- Just one of the "boys"?
- The Grove after stonewall: 1970-1980
- The ad hoc committee to save Cherry Grove
- Bored on the Fourth of July.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780822377214
- 0822377217
- OCLC:
- 1058570854
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