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Author:

Edsall, Nicholas C.

Title:

Toward Stonewall : homosexuality and society in the modern western world / Nicholas C. Edsall.

Edition:

1st paperback ed.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2006, ©2003

Description:

xiii, 377 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Homosexuality--Europe, Western--History.
Homosexuality--United States--History.
Marginality, Social--Europe, Western--History.
Marginality, Social--United States--History.
Subculture--Europe, Western--History.
Subculture--United States--History.
Homosexuality.
Marginality, Social.
Subculture.
Western Europe.
United States.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-363) and index.

Contents:

Part 1: Making a subculture: Origins; Patterns of repression; Sodomy and the Enlightenment; Europe divided; Conclusion to Part 1 -- Part 2: Defining a subculture: Pioneers: The United States; Pioneers: Germany; Pioneers: England; Wilde; Degeneracy and atavism; Purity and impurity; The cult of youth; Forster and Gide; Conclusion to Part 2 -- Part 3: Organizing a subculture; Between the wars; The making of a lesbian subculture; Homosexuality and psychiatry; False starts and new beginnings; Reaction; Outsiders abroad and at home; From Wolfenden to Stonewall -- Conclusion to Part 3.

ISBN:

9780813925431
0813925436

OCLC:

(OCoLC)64398785

Locations:

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)