Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940 by George Chauncey

Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940

George Chauncey

496 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ sociology informative reflective slow-paced
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The award-winning, field-defining history of gay life in New York City in the early to mid-20th century  Gay New York brilliantly shatters the myth that before the 1960s gay life existed only in the closet, where gay men were isolated, invisible, ...

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informative 100%
reflective 28%
challenging 16%
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inspiring 4%
relaxing 4%
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