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Fire Island : a century in the life of an American paradise
- Title
- Fire Island : a century in the life of an American paradise / Jack Parlett.
- Author
- Parlett, Jack, 1992-
- Publication
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2022]
- ©2022
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Details
- Description
- 269 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- A definitive history of New York's Fire Island examines how it has been a vital space in the history of queer America and a key influence on art, literature, culture, and politics. Poet and scholar Jack Parlett's account of Fire Island chronicles its influence on art, literature, culture, and queer liberation over the past century. Fire Island, a thin strip of beach off the Long Island coast, has long been a vital space in the queer history of America. Both utopian and exclusionary, healing and destructive, the island is a locus of contradictions, all of which coalesce against a stunning ocean backdrop. Now, Parlett tells the story of this iconic destination--its history, its meaning, and its cultural significance--told through the lens of the artists and creators who sought refuge on its shores. Together, figures as divergent as Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, James Baldwin, Carson McCullers, Frank O'Hara, Patricia Highsmith and Jeremy O. Harris tell the story of a queer space in constant evolution.
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Gay culture > New York (State) > Fire Island (Island) > History
- Sexual minority culture > New York (State) > Fire Island (Island) > History
- Gay culture
- Manners and customs
- Sexual minority culture
- LGBTQ+ culture
- Queer culture
- LGBTQ+ movement
- Fire Island (N.Y. : Island) > History > 20th century
- Fire Island (N.Y. : Island) > Social life and customs > 20th century
- Fire Island (N.Y. : Island) > Biography
- New York (State) > Fire Island (Island)
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- LGBTQ+ biographies.
- LGBTQ+ books.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-264) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Written in the sand -- Origin (1882-1938) : A spit of land ; Chosen families -- Enclave (1939-1969) : Two people ; Body fascism ; Like water ; Over the rainbow -- Halcyon (1969-1979) : Homecoming ; Loving the dances -- Plague (1981-2021) : Until dawn ; For life -- Conclusion: A paradise.
- Call Number
- JFE 22-3852
- ISBN
- 9781335475183
- 1335475184
- OCLC
- 1325204932
- Author
- Parlett, Jack, 1992- author.
- Title
- Fire Island : a century in the life of an American paradise / Jack Parlett.
- Publisher
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2022]
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- textstill imagecartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-264) and index.
- Local Note
- AUTH: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, OXFORD.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-3852