Gay New York

Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940

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Gay New York

Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940

  • 4.2 (4 ratings) ·
  • 64 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 5 Have read

The award-winning, field-defining history of gay life in New York City in the early to mid-20th century. Gay New York brilliantly shatters the myth that before the 1960s gay life existed only in the closet, where gay men were isolated, invisible, and self-hating. Drawing on a rich trove of diaries, legal records, and other unpublished documents, George Chauncey constructs a fascinating portrait of a vibrant, cohesive gay world that is not supposed to have existed. Called "monumental" (Washington Post), "unassailable" (Boston Globe), "brilliant" (The Nation), and "a first-rate book of history" (The New York Times), Gay New York forever changed how we think about the history of gay life in New York City, and beyond.

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Basic Books
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512

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Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940
Apr 09, 2019, Basic Books
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Cover of: Gay New York
Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940
May 21, 2019, Basic Books
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Cover of: Gay New York : Volume 1, 1890-1940
Gay New York : Volume 1, 1890-1940
Sep 05, 2003, Fayard
Cover of: Gay New York
Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940
June 1995, Basic Books
in English
Cover of: Gay New York
Gay New York: the making of the gay male world, 1890-1940
1995, Flamingo
in English
Cover of: Gay New York
Gay New York: the making of the gay male world, 1890-1940
1995, Flamingo, Basic Books
in English
Cover of: Gay New York
Cover of: Gay New York
Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940
May, 1994, Basic Books
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Source title: Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940

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Library of Congress
HQ76.2.U52 N53 2019

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paperback
Number of pages
512

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OL27754278M
ISBN 10
1541699211
ISBN 13
9781541699212
OCLC/WorldCat
1048447557
Amazon ID (ASIN)
1541699211

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At the end of the 1890s, Columbia Hall (better known as Paresis Hall), on the Bowery at Fifth Street, was by all accounts, the "principal resort in New York for degenerates" and well known as much to the public.
Page 33, added by Alex Voytek.

First sentence, Chapter 1

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