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Condition: Good Cover: edges slightly worn and creased, spine faded. Book: pages browning as normal with this age and quality; short ink inscription on pre-title page, but spine unbroken and apparently unread. Content: "Unique among books about Gay people, this pioneering work brings together for the first time a large group of historical chronicles of American Lesbian and Gay life, coupled with the heterosexual attitudes of the era. Intended for an audience of all sexual persuasions, these selections reflect a new, historical view of this once-silent, invisible minority and a dramatic reappraisal of American life, from Alexander Hamilton's love letters to John Laurents, to the forgotten autobiography and insane asylum records of a feminist transvestite of the 19th century, to lesbianism in the life of blues great Bessie Smith and to the present in a 1976 report of the first Gay liberation organization of American Indians." (from the cover) Background / Biography: Jonathan Ned Katz (born 1938) is an American historian of human sexuality who has focused on same-sex attraction and changes in the social organization of sexuality over time. continued on Wikipedia Reviews: "It sweeps across American history, meticulously documenting the experiences of lesbians and gay men . . . a unique and much-needed contribution inasmuch as it fills so many voids in the general knowledge of and about gay Americans. But the work goes further, delivering a fascinating - and sometimes disturbing - examination of the evolution of America's acceptance of nonconformity." Los Angeles Times (from the cover) Clicking on advertiser links on this site may allow these companies to gather and use information about your visit to this and other websites to provide you with advertisements about goods and services presumed to be of interest to you. |
Quote from this book "Among some uncultivated tribes to the north, there are instances, though rare, of men assuming the office of women. They put on women's apparel, and mingle with them, and affect the manner and appearance of females as much as possible, and continue this folly during life. While I was at the Osage villages, one of these wretches was pointed out to me. He appeared to be about twenty-five years of age, was tall, lean and of a ghost-like appearance. His presence was so disgusting, and the circumstances of the case so unpleasant, that I spoke not a word to him and made few inquiries about him. He was said to be in a declining state of health and certainly his death would not have been lamented." p452, quote from Isaac McCoy, 1828 Secondhand booksellers |
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