Wide-Open Desert : A Queer History of New Mexico / Jordan Biro Walters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biro Walters, Jordan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual minorities.

Sexual minorities--Identity.

New Mexico--History--20th century.

New Mexico.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Wide-Open Desert

Place of Publication:

Seattle 2023.

Summary:

"In Wide-Open Desert, Jordan Biro Walters explores the experiences of Pueblo, Navajo, Nuevomexicanx, and white LGBTQ people in New Mexico-many of whom were artists and writers-to examine how their ideas and beliefs about self-expression, political engagement, and race relations transformed American notions of political identity over the course of the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Land of enchantment

"Going Santa Fe" : the making and unmaking of queer cultures

Decency debate : the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, 1930

Land of entrapment : the formation and consequences of the security state, 1945-1960s

"What to do about homosexuals?" : open secrets and sodomy law, 1953-1963

Land of entwinement : rural and urban queer lives

Offending moral decency : the 1969 "Love-Lust" controversy and gay liberation

Conclusion: "We never go away."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Lightning Source Inc. (Tier 3), viewed June 7, 2023).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780295751030

0295751037

OCLC:

1370201492