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Book SynopsisThis text examines the emergence in America of gay and lesbian social life, the creation of "lesbigay" communities, and the development of a group identity. It also provides coverage of relevant issues such as the extent to which there is a single "modern" homosexuality.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction Ch. 1: Social Theory and the Anomalous Development of Gay Resistance Ch. 2: The Growth and Diversification of Gay Culture Ch. 3: After Gay Liberation: S & M and Gender Uniformity? Ch. 4: The Promiscuity Paradigm, AIDS, and Gay Complicity with the Remedicalization of Homosexuality Ch. 5: The Initial Surrender and Eventual Tentative Reassertion of Autonomy under the Shadow of AIDS Ch. 6: "The Homosexual Role" and Lesbigay Roles Ch. 7: Couples Ch. 8: Gay Community Ch. 9: Ethnic and Temporal Differences in Coming Out and In Moving to San Francisco Ch. 10: Absent Laiuses: Psychiatric Fantasies in Black and Gay Ch. 11: Some Gay African American Self-Representations from the 1980s and 1990s Ch. 12: Mexican American Homosexuality Ch. 13: Gay Asian/Pacific Americans Valediction Acknowledgments Bibliography Index
