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Unspeakable : the rise of the gay and lesbian press in America

Title
Unspeakable : the rise of the gay and lesbian press in America / Rodger Streitmatter.
Author
Streitmatter, Rodger.
Publication
Boston : Faber and Faber, 1995.

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Description
xvi, 424 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Streitmatter documents the major phases in the evolution of the gay press while providing a window into the history of the Gay and Lesbian Movement.
Subject
  • Gay press publications > United States > History
  • Gay press > United States > History
  • Gay press
  • Gay press publications
  • Homosexualität
  • Lesbische Orientierung
  • Presse
  • United States
  • USA
  • USA
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
Contents
Breaking the editorial ice with "America's gayest magazine" (1947 to 1948) -- Creating a venue for the "love that dare not speak its name" (1950s) -- Raising a militant voice (early and mid-1960s) -- Connecting with the counterculture (late 1960s) -- After Stonewall : transforming a "moment" into a movement (1969 to 1972) -- Defining lesbian culture (mid-1970s) -- Defining gay male culture (mid-1970s) -- Fighting back against the new right (late 1970s) -- AIDS : uncovering or covering up? (early 1980s) -- Raging against the status quo (late 1980s) -- Marching into the mainstream (1990s) -- Looking back to see the future.
ISBN
  • 0571198732
  • 9780571198733
LCCN
95021803
OCLC
  • ocm32745788
  • 32745788
  • SCSB-2073125
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library