Carryin' On in the Lesbian and Gay South

Read [NYU Press Book] # Carryin On in the Lesbian and Gay South Online # PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. Carryin On in the Lesbian and Gay South To date, lesbian and gay history has focused largely on the East and West coasts, and on urban settings such as New York and San Francisco. The American South, on the other hand, identified with religion, traditional gender roles, and cultural conservatism, has escaped attention. In his essay on the great Southern writer William Alexander Percy, William Armstrong Percy provides tangible evidence that Southern citizens, historians, and archivists have long sought to repress or obscure certain ind

Author	:	NYU Press
Rating	:	4.21 (601 Votes)
Asin	:	0814735606
Format Type	:	paperback
Number of Pages	:	416 Pages
Publish Date	:	2014-09-16
Language	:	English

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Ranging widely from deep South to upper South, from rural areas to urban centers, across differences of race class and gender, the authors explore the intersecting meanings of southernness and sexuality with attention to the widest angles of vision, and to the telling details of daily experience."-Lisa Duggan,coauthor with Nan D. "This assortment of touching, hilarious, and very smart essays moves lesbian and gay history to a new place, geographically and analytically. Hunter of Sex Wars: Sexual Dissent and Political Culture

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Senior associate editor of Southern Historian and a native Southerner, John Howard is Director of the Center for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Life and Visiting Instructor of History at Duke University.Author Bio

To date, lesbian and gay history has focused largely on the East and West coasts, and on urban settings such as New York and San Francisco. The American South, on the other hand, identified with religion, traditional gender roles, and cultural conservatism, has escaped attention. In his essay on the great Southern writer William Alexander Percy, William Armstrong Percy provides tangible evidence that Southern citizens, historians, and archivists have long sought to repress or obscure certain individuals within what C. Southerners celebrate their past; lesbians and gays celebrate their new-found visibility; historians celebrate the South—yet rarely have the three crossed