| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 222 pages) |
| Contents |
Collecting and understanding gay life stories -- The coming-out stories of the old cohort -- The coming-out stories of the middle cohort -- The coming-out stories of the young cohort -- The 'scene' -- Community life -- Couple relationships -- Friends and family -- Life as an old gay man |
| Summary |
This ground-breaking study focuses on the lived experiences of gay men who were born during the Twentieth Century. Spanning an era when homosexuality was illegal through the less repressed but no less difficult eras of gay liberation and the HIV-AIDS epidemic, an understanding of what it is to be gay is shown to be historically contingent. The men's personal stories include their experiences of being closeted in the years following World War II and the Cold War, the exuberance, and, for some, personally challenging times of gay liberation and the disco culture of the 1970s, to a time of fear and grief during the HIV-AIDS epidemic. Through a series of interviews, this book illustrates the significant shifts in sexual attitudes, culture and tolerance during a most turbulent era for homosexual men |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Gay men.
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Gay men -- Identity.
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Gay men -- Psychology
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Sexual and Gender Minorities
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male homosexuality.
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Gay studies (Gay men)
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Sexual behaviour.
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Sex & sexuality, sex manuals.
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Gender studies: men.
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Social & cultural history.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gay Studies.
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Society.
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Gay men
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Gay men -- Identity
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Gay men -- Psychology
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Homosexueller
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Society.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008020594 |
| ISBN |
9780230584310 |
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0230584314 |
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