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Published on: 2011-05-10
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Winner of a 2012 Stonewall Book Award in nonfictionThe first book to cover the entirety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history, from pre-1492 to the present.In the 1620s, Thomas Morton broke from Plymouth Colony and founded Merrymount, which celebrated same-sex desire, atheism, and interracial marriage. Transgender evangelist Jemima Wilkinson, in the early 1800s, changed her name to “Publick Universal Friend,” refused to use pronouns, fought for gender equality, and led her own congregation in upstate New York. In the mid-nineteenth century, internationally famous Shakespearean actor Charlotte Cushman led an openly lesbian life, including a well-publicized “female marriage.” And in the late 1920s, Augustus Granville Dill was fired by W. E. B. Du Bois from the NAACP’s magazine the Crisis after being arrested for a homosexual encounter. These are just a few moments of queer history that Michael Bronski highlights in this groundbreaking book.   Intellectually dynamic and endlessly provocative, A Queer History of the United States is more than a “who’s who” of queer history: it is a book that radically challenges how we understand American history. Drawing upon primary documents, literature, and cultural histories, noted scholar and activist Michael Bronski charts the breadth of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history, from 1492 to the 1990s, and has written a testament to how the LGBT experience has profoundly shaped our country, culture, and history.   A Queer History of the United States abounds with startling examples of unknown or often ignored aspects of American history—the ineffectiveness of sodomy laws in the colonies, the prevalence of cross-dressing women soldiers in the Civil War, the impact of new technologies on LGBT life in the nineteenth century, and how rock music and popular culture were, in large part, responsible for the devastating backlash against gay rights in the late 1970s. Most striking, Bronski documents how, over centuries, various incarnations of social purity movements have consistently attempted to regulate all sexuality, including fantasies, masturbation, and queer sex. Resisting these efforts, same-sex desire flourished and helped make America what it is today.   At heart, A Queer History of the United States is simply about American history. It is a book that will matter both to LGBT people and heterosexuals. This engrossing and revelatory history will make readers appreciate just how queer America really is.  From the Hardcover edition. Macmillan - Distinguished & Award Winning Global Publisher ... Blooming at the Texas Sunrise Motel By Kimberly Willis Holt. Stevie's life seems safe and full of love until the day tragedy strikes. Stevie is sent to live with... Beacon Press: For All of Us One Today For All of Us One Today is a fluid poetic story anchored by Richard Blancos experiences as the inaugural poet in 2013 and beyond. In this brief and evocative ... Columbia University - Discover the Networks Columbia University columbia.edu/ Academic Freedom Policy 2000 Commencment Speakers. Institute for Research in African-American Studies Nobody Turn Me Around: A People's History ... - Beacon Press Euchner has turned the March on Washington into a peoples history. Compelling and dramatic this book is an important contribution.Juan Williams ... Taylor & Francis : Product Search Alternative Medicine; Anthropology; Archaeology and Museum Studies; Architecture; Asian Studies; Behavioral Sciences; Biological Sciences; Biotechnology; Building Featured article in the Bright Lights Film Journal Avatar metaphorically attacks all martial colonial and expansionist histories which have occurred at the expense of the worlds indigenous peoples and Earths ...
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