Newton Cherry Grove, Fire Island

Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7721-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 424 Seiten

Esther Newton tells the story of Cherry Grove, the popular gay and lesbian resort community off of Long Island. Newton discusses the importance of camp, gay theater and the intersections of race, gender, class and sexuality in America's first gay and lesbian town.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Newton, Esther

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments xi

Preface to the 2014 Edition xv

Prologue 1

Part I. How the Grove Became Gay: 1936–1945 13

1. "Built upon the Sand" 15

Part II. The Gay Country Club: 1946–1959 37

2. The Battle for the Beach 43

3. Conviviality and Camp 68

4. Trouble in Paradise 94

Part III. The Nation Takes Shape: 1960–1969 109

5. The Rise of Gay Commercialism 113

6. The Geometry of Gay Prejudice 142

7. Plays, Parties, and Sex 170

Part IV. The "Lithuanians" and the "Doughnut Rack": The Lesbian Minority, 1936–1980 203

8. The "Fun Gay Ladies" 207

9. "Just One of the 'Boys'" 221

Part VI. The Grove after Stonewall: 1970–1980 235

10. The Ad Hoc Committee to Save Cherry Grove 243

11. Bored on the Fourth of July 266

Epilogue 285

Appendix on Methods 301

Notes 305

Narrators 349

References Cited 353

Index 369

Über Autor(innen)

Esther Newton is currently Term Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Michigan, and Professor Emerita of Anthropology and Kempner Distinguished Professor at Purchase College, SUNY. She is the author of Margaret Mead Made Me Gay: Personal Essays, Public Ideas, published by Duke University Press, Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America, coauthor of Womenfriends: A Soap Opera, and coeditor of Amazon Expedition: A Lesbian Feminist Anthology.