{"product_id":"a-queer-history-of-the-united-states-revised-and-expanded-revisioning-history","title":"A Queer History of the United States: Revised and Expanded (Revisioning History)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMichael Bronski\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of practice in media and activism in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Program at Harvard University. He has written extensively on LGBT issues for decades, in both mainstream and queer publications, and is the author of several other books and editor of several anthologies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAuthor's Note\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eIntroduction: Some Thoughts on Queerness and History\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eONE \n\u003cbr\u003eThe Persecuting Society \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTWO \n\u003cbr\u003eSexually Ambiguous Revolutions \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTHREE \n\u003cbr\u003eImagining a Queer America \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFOUR \n\u003cbr\u003eA Democracy of Death and Art \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFIVE \n\u003cbr\u003eA Dangerous Purity \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSIX \n\u003cbr\u003eLife On the Stage\/Life In the City \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSEVEN \n\u003cbr\u003eProduction and Marketing of Gender \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEIGHT \n\u003cbr\u003eSex In the Trenches \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNINE \n\u003cbr\u003eVisible Communities\/Invisible Lives \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTEN \n\u003cbr\u003eRevolt\/Backlash\/Resistance \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eELEVEN \n\u003cbr\u003eA Short Meditation On History: An Interlude \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTWELVE \n\u003cbr\u003eNew Worlds\/Old Problems\/Brave Solutions \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAN EPILOGUE \n\u003cbr\u003eResistance\/Power\/Rights \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eCredit\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A savvy political, legal, literary (and even fashion) history, Bronski's narrative is as intellectually rigorous as it is entertaining.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Bronski demonstrates with wit, insight, and impeccable scholarship that queer lives are, and always have been, woven into the very fabric of this country. Readable, radical, and smart--a must-read.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Alison Bechdel, author of \n\u003ci\u003eFun Home\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Always insightful, and provocative.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--John D'Emilio, author of \n\u003ci\u003eLost Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In the age of Twitter and reductive history, we need a complex, fully realized, radical reassessment of history--and \n\u003ci\u003eA Queer History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e is exactly that.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Dorothy Allison, author of \n\u003ci\u003eBastard Out of Carolina\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This book is a revelation. . . . Bronski has a Zinn-like grasp of the ties that bind us all together and how to illuminate them on the page.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Jewelle Gomez, activist and author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Gilda Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Elegant, insightfully selective, and unremittingly intelligent.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Samuel R. Delany, author of \n\u003ci\u003eTimes Square Red, Times Square Blue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA revised and expanded edition of the first book to cover the entirety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history, from pre-1492 to the present\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this new edition of \n\u003ci\u003eA Queer History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Bronski's classic book now covers 500 years, bringing queer history into the 21st century and further illuminates how profoundly the LGBTQ+ life and people have shaped America. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing upon primary documents, literature, and popular culture, Bronski weaves a comprehensive tapestry of LGBTQ+ history, providing startling examples of unknown or ignored aspects of our collective past. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the ineffectiveness of sodomy laws in the colonies, to how rock music and youth culture unintentionally engendered the devastating backlash against gay rights in the late 1970s; from individuals such as Robert Treat Paine and Ezekiel Dodge, Harvard classmates in 1774 who formed a deep, loving relationship and wrote passionate love letters to one another to Lucy Hicks Andersen, a married African American socialite and celebrity chef in Oxnard, California, whose story appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine in 1945 after her transgender identity became known, Bronski covers an eclectic breadth of facts and stories. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis revised edition includes details on the evolution of the transgender liberation movement, the upsurge of vibrant queer movements of color, the groundbreaking emergence of new sexual and gender identities, and concludes by analyzing the current conservative backlash against LGBTQ rights, racial and social justice policies, and the drive to eradicate historical diversity. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNot simply about \"gay history\" it is about \n\u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e American history, Bronski's dynamic and revealing narrative radically reframes how we understand our past and, more important, our present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496088109334,"sku":"9780807023488","price":35.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780807023488.jpg?v=1783052947","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/a-queer-history-of-the-united-states-revised-and-expanded-revisioning-history","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}