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Auteur(s) : Meeker, Martin
Titre(s) : Contacts desired [Texte imprimé] : gay and lesbian communications and community, 1940s-1970s / Martin Meeker
Publication : Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006
Description matérielle : xviii, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Comprend : List of illustrations -- ; Acknowledgments -- ; Source notes -- ; Introduction : ;
The sexual communication network as an agent of change --pt. 1 ; Homosexuals today
; the 1950s -- ; Introduction --ch. 1 ; Establishing a homosexual headquarters --ch.
2 ; Organizing lesbian connections --pt. 2 ; The homosexual revolution in the 1960s
-- ; Introduction --ch. 3 ; Building the lesbian grapevine --ch. 4 ; Publicizing the
gay life --pt. 3 ; Do-it-yourself into the 1970s -- ; Introduction --ch. 5 ; Assembling
a lavender Baedeker --ch. 6 ; Shaping an "Amazon network" -- ; Epilogue : ; The study
of sexuality in the Internet age -- ; Notes -- ; Index.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
Whether born or made, homosexuals generally are not born into gay families, nor are
they socialized to be gay by their peers or schools. How then do people become aware
of homosexuality and, in some cases, integrate into gay communities? The making of
homosexual identity is the result of a communicative process that entails searching,
listening, looking, reading, and finding. This book proposes that this communicative
process has a history. Meeker argues that over the course of the twentieth century,
a series of important innovations occurred in the networks that linked individuals
to a larger social knowledge of homosexuality. In the process, he reveals how homosexuals
played a crucial role in transforming the very structure of communications and urban
communities since the postwar era.--From publisher description
Sujet(s) : Culture homosexuelle -- 20e siècle
Homosexuels -- Réseaux sociaux -- 20e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0226517349 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 9780226517346 (cloth) (alk. paper). -
ISBN 0226517357 (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 9780226517353 (pbk.) (alk. paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42648331n
Notice n° :
FRBNF42648331
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