Bodies of evidence : the practice of queer oral history / edited by Nan Alamilla Boyd and Horacio N. Roque Ramirez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boyd, Nan Alamilla, 1963-

Roque Ramírez, Horacio N.

Series:

Oxford oral history series.

Oxford oral history series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay people--Interviews.

Gay people.

Gay people--United States--History.

Oral history--United States.

Oral history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bodies of Evidence: The Practice of Queer Oral History is the first book to provide serious scholarly insight into the methodological practices that shape lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer oral histories. Each chapter pairs an oral history excerpt with an essay in which the oral historian addresses his or her methods and practices. With an afterword by John D'Emilio, this collection enables readers to examine the role memory, desire, sexuality, and gender play in documenting LGBTQ communities and cultures. The historical themes addressed include 1950s and '60s lesbian bar culture;

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: The Body and Knowledge in Queer Oral History; PART I: SILENCE; 1 SEX, "SILENCE," AND AUDIOTAPE: Listening for Female Same-Sex Desire in Cuba; 2 REMEMBERING PROVINCETOWN: Oral History and Narrativity at Land's End; 3 QUEER FAMILY STORIES: Learning from Oral Histories with Lesbian Mothers and Gay Fathers from the Pre-Stonewall Era; 4 SPIRALING DESIRE: Recovering the Lesbian Embodied Self in Oral History Narrative; PART II: SEX; 5 TALKING ABOUT SEX: Cheryl Gonzales and Rikki Streicher Tell Their Stories

6 PRIVATE LIVES AND PUBLIC HISTORY: On Excavating the Sexual Past in Queer Oral History Practice7 GENDER, DESIRE, AND FEMINISM: A Conversation between Dorothy Allison and Carmen Vázquez; PART III: FRIENDSHIP; 8 FRIENDSHIP, INSTITUTIONS, ORAL HISTORY; 9 GAY TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, ORAL HISTORY, AND QUEER KINSHIP; 10 SHARING QUEER AUTHORITIES: Collaborating for Transgender Latina and Gay Latino Historical Meanings; PART IV: POLITICS; 11 DANCING WITH STELLA, LOS ANGELES DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS PIONEER; 12 "YOU COULD ARGUE THAT THEY CONTROL POWER": Politics and Interviewing across Sexualities

13 DON'T ASK: Discussing Sexuality in the American Military and the Media14 THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES: A Narrator Asks an Oral Historian for Validation; AFTERWORD: "IF I KNEW THEN . . . "; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-991085-5

1-283-42771-0

9786613427717

9780199876600

0-19-987660-6

OCLC:

772845046