Loftin Masked Voices

Gay Men and Lesbians in Cold War America
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4384-4016-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Queer Politics and Cultures

An analysis of unpublished letters to the first American gay magazine reveals the agency, adaptation, and resistance occurring in the gay community during the McCarthy era.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Loftin, Craig M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Copyright and Permissions
Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. ONE Magazine and Its Readers

2. Newsstand Encounters: ONE Magazine’s Volunteer Agents and Public Visibility

3. Imagining a Gay World: The American Homophile Movement in Global Perspective

4. ONE Magazine Letter Archetypes

5. “Branded Like a Horse”: Homosexuality, the Military, and Work

6. Classroom Anxieties: Educators and Homosexuality

7. Family Anxieties: Parent and Family Responses to Homosexual Disclosures

8. Homosexuals and Marriage under the Shadow of McCarthy

9. “I shall always cherish Sunday”

10. Unacceptable Mannerisms: Gender, Sexuality, and Swish in Postwar America

Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Sources and Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Craig M. Loftin is Lecturer in American Studies at California State University, Fullerton.