| Description |
1 online resource (332 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in American Popular History and Culture |
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American popular history and culture (Routledge (Firm))
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| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Prior to Gay Liberation: Sin, Crime, and Illness; Chapter Two: Ideology and Practice: Program Types; Chapter Three: Gay Liberation Shapes Youth Activism; Chapter Four: Gay Youth (GY); Chapter Five: Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.); Chapter Six: Gay International Youth Society of George Washington High School: High School Gay Liberation Groups; Conclusion: Achievements of Gay Liberation Youth Groups; Afterword |
| Summary |
Cohen examines how gay liberationwith its rejection of stultifying sex roles, attack on institutional oppression, connection between personal and political liberation, celebration of innate androgyny, and resolute anti-war and anti-capitalist stanceshaped understandings of sexual identity, membership criteria, organization, decision-making, the roles of youth and adults, and efforts to effect social change |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Gay liberation movement -- New York (State) -- New York
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Gay youth -- New York (State) -- New York
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New York (State)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203940570 |
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0203940571 |
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1281063711 |
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9781281063717 |
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