Queer America: A People's GLBT History of the United States

Queer America: A People's GLBT History of the United States

by Vicki L. Eaklor
Queer America: A People's GLBT History of the United States

Queer America: A People's GLBT History of the United States

by Vicki L. Eaklor

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Overview

Placing GLBT people at the center of the history of the twentieth century,
Vicki L. Eaklor's Queer America: A People's GLBT History of the United States is a major new effort to popularize a long-overlooked chapter in the American experience.

Written in the tradition of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, Queer America, provides a decade-by-decade overview of major issues and events in GLBT history including the Harlem Renaissance, changes in military policy, the Stonewall riots, organizations and alliances, AIDS, same-sex marriage, representation in the media, and legal battles. Eaklor brings the steady hand and perspective of an historian to the task of writing a sweeping work of narrative nonfiction that is both meaningful and relevant to all Americans.

Queer America includes a rich array of visual materials, including sidebars highlighting major debates and vignettes focusing on key individuals. A timeline and further reading sections conclude each chapter; a full bibliography and black-and-white images enhance the text. Queer America is destined to become an indispensable resource for students, teachers, and general readers alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781595586360
Publisher: New Press, The
Publication date: 03/15/2011
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Vicki L. Eaklor was a professor of history at Alfred University, where she taught American and U.S. politics, culture, and sexuality and was a percussion instructor. The author of Queer America: A People's GLBT History of the United States (The New Press) and editor of Steven Endean's posthumous book Bringing Lesbian and Gay Rights into the Mainstream, she had published numerous articles exploring the intersections of gender and politics in such areas as American music and U.S. popular film, including Gone With the Wind and The Kids Are All Right.

Table of Contents

Preface     xi
Acknowledgments     xv
Abbreviations     xvii
Timeline: 1890-2005     xix
What Is GLBT History?     1
A Note on Terms     2
GLBT History Today     3
What Is GLBT History?     3
U.S. History and GLBT History     3
Who to Include and Why?     6
Debate: Is Homosexuality Historical?     8
Suggested Resources     11
Into the 20th Century     13
Colonial Legacies     14
Europe before Contact     15
Collision and Dominance     16
Three Revolutions     19
Political     19
Economic     22
Social     24
Organizing Personal Lives in the 19th Century     24
Marriage     25
Friendship     25
Women Passing as Men     28
Limits and Laws     30
Constructing the Medical Model     31
The United States and Europe in the 1890s     32
The Sexologists     33
Sexual Politics at the Turn of the Century     36
Debate: What Are the Roots of Homophobia?     38
SuggestedResources     40
Sexualities and Communities through Two World Wars     43
Life in the Cities to the Twenties     45
Capitalism, Gender, and Sexuality     47
Reform and Reformers     48
New Women     50
Congregating Together     51
World War and Its Aftermath     53
The Jazz Age     54
The Society for Human Rights     55
Blues and Jazz     55
New York, New York     57
Americans and Europeans     59
Depression, New Deals, Old Ideals     61
The United States and the World     61
Gender, Work, and Play     62
Stage and Screen     63
World War II     67
Fighting the War, Fighting the Military     68
The Home Front     69
A New Era     69
Debate: Should Homosexuals Serve in the Military?     70
Suggested Resources     74
Queers in Cold War America     77
Images versus Realities     78
Striving for Consensus     78
Sexology Revisited     79
Simmering Discontent     82
Boiling Over     83
The Politics of Anticommunism     84
The United States in the World     84
Red Scares     86
A Lavender Scare     87
Queer Arts, American Arts     90
A Homosexual Minority     93
Communities and Identities     93
Postwar Organizations     96
A National Movement     99
Debate: What Did the Kinsey Studies Prove?     100
Suggested Resources     103
The Sixties     107
Dreams of Change     108
Marching on Washington     108
Feminism Reborn     111
Culture and Counterculture     112
Cold and Hot Wars     113
Liberalism under Attack     114
Peace and Violence     116
"Gay Is Good"     117
A Public Presence     117
Stonewall     122
Gay Liberation     124
Debate: How Important Was the Stonewall Riot?     124
Suggested Resources     128
Cultures and Politics after Stonewall     131
Communities and Cultural Expressions     132
Towns and Neighborhoods     132
Institutions     133
Images, Types, and Stereotypes      138
In Print     140
Women, Feminists, Lesbians     142
Success and Limits of the Second Wave     142
Lesbian Feminism as Theory and Practice     145
Music and Festivals     146
A Burst of Organizing     148
In the Academy     148
The Task Force and Lambda Legal     149
The APA Victory     150
Outsiders among Outsiders     151
Political Arenas     152
The Democratic Party     153
Running for Office     153
Legislating against Discrimination     155
A National Bill     155
One Step Forward...     156
Debate: Assimilation or Liberation?     158
Suggested Resources     161
Backlash and Regrouping     165
From Carter to Reagan     167
A New Right     168
Antigay Legislation and Violence     169
National Lobbying, Lesbian and Gay Rights     171
The First March on Washington     172
Human Rights Campaign Fund     173
The Challenge of AIDS     174
From "Gay Cancer" to HIV     174
Responses     175
Unity and Division      178
Law and Politics     182
Running for Office     182
The National Bill in the Eighties     184
Families, Relationships, and Work     184
Sodomy Law and Bowers v. Hardwick     186
Visibility, Media, and Culture     187
The Second March and National Coming Out Day     187
As Seen on TV (and Other Media)     189
"Culture Wars"     191
Debate: Should Public Figures Be "Outed"?     192
Suggested Resources     195
The GLBT Nineties     197
New Regime, Old Struggles     198
The '92 Elections     198
Don't Ask, Don't Tell     199
Another March     203
Debates and Division     204
The Mainstream and Its Critics     205
Sex, Gender, Identity     206
Law and Politics     211
(Still) Running for Office     212
In the States     213
The National Scene     215
A Gay Ambassador     217
Cultural Issues and Institutions     218
Education     219
Health     220
Religion     221
Media Old and New      222
Speaking Out     222
Ellen Comes Out     223
TV and Film     224
Words and Music     225
On the Web     226
Debate: Is There a "Gay Gene"?     227
Suggested Resources     230
Into the 21st Century     233
Controversy, Visibility, Diversity     234
The Millennium March     234
In the Media     236
GLBT Plus Q Plus...     237
Law and Politics     238
Elections     239
Lawrence v. Texas and GLBT History     239
Defining Marriage     240
Debate: How Useful Is Queer Theory?     243
Suggested Resources     245
Bibliography     247
Index     263

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