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Book SynopsisThe Routledge History of Queer America presents the first comprehensive synthesis of the rapidly developing field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer US history. Featuring nearly thirty chapters on essential subjects and themes from colonial times through the present, this collection covers topics including:
- Rural vs. urban queer histories
- Gender and sexual diversity in early American history
- Intersectionality, exploring queerness in association with issues of race and class
- Queerness and American capitalism
- The rise of queer histories, archives, and collective memory
- Transnationalism and queer history
Gathering authorities in the field to define the ways in which sexual and gender diversity have contributed to the dynamics of American society, culture and nation, The Routledge History of Queer America is the finest available overview of th
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This extraordinary chronological and thematic volume is sure to benefit students, scholars, and the wider public interested in the current state of LGBTQ history for years to come. The nearly thirty authors who penned the chapters in Romesburg’s volume are authorities in their subject matters, yet the texts are written in a widely accessible style. This is a gift to all of us, especially to the many readers who will be introduced to new concepts for the first time reading these pages. Romesburg’s edited collection will surely excite a new generation to explore this incredibly awesome field of LGBTQ history.
Eric Gonzaba, California State University, Fullerton, in the Journal of the History of Sexuality, University of Texas Press
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Having a Moment Four Decades in the Making
Don Romesburg
PART ONE
Times1 Colonial North America (1600s–1700s)
Richard Godbeer
2 Revolutionary Sexualities and Early National Genders (1770s–1840s)
Rachel Hope Cleves
3 Centering Slavery in Nineteenth-Century Queer History (1800s–1890s)
Clare Sears
4 Modern Sexuality in Modern Times (1880s–1930s)
Elizabeth Clement and Beans Velocci
5 Sexual Minorities at the Apex of Heteronormativity (1940s–1965)
Amanda H. Littauer
6 Gay Liberation (1963–1980)
Whitney Strub
7 AIDS and Action (1980–1990s)
Jennifer Brier8 Queer Politics in Neoliberal Times (1970–2010s)
Margot Weiss
PART TWO
Spaces and Places
9 Queer Archives: From Collections to Conceptual Framework
Kate Eichhorn
10 Bodies
David Serlin
11 Organizations
Marcia M. Gallo
12 The End of Urban Queer History?
Kwame Holmes
13 Rural
Pippa Holloway and Elizabeth Catte
14 Queer and Nation
Eithne Luibhéid
15 Thinking Transnationally, Thinking Queer
Emily K. HobsonPART THREE
Themes
16 Language, Acts, and Identity in LGBT History
Jen Manion
17 Transgender History (and Otherwise Approaches to Queer Embodiment)
Finn Enke
18 Lesbian History: Spirals of Imagination, Marginalization, and Creation
Julie R. Enszer
19 Bisexual History: Let’s Not Bijack Another Century
Loraine Hutchins
20 Queer of Color Estrangement and Belonging
Nayan Shah
21 Families
Daniel Rivers
22 Sickness and Wellness
Katie Batza
23 Criminalization and Legalization
Andrea J. Ritchie and Kay Whitlock
24 Law and Politics: “Crooked and Perverse” Narratives of LGBT Progress
Marc Stein
25 Labor
Sara R. Smith-Silverman
26 Consumerism
Stephen Vider
27 Queer Performance and Popular Culture
Sharon Ullman
28 Public History and Queer Memory
Lara Kelland
