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Examines the changing identity of gay men writing within a historical context. By contrasting the personal experience of these disparate writers, this work illustrates the social transformations that these men helped shape.

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A fascinating exploration of how time and place have shaped both the writing and the reading of six generations of gay men's life stories. - Henry L. Minton, author of Departing from Deviance: A History of Homosexual Rights and Emancipatory Science in America ""Illuminates the challenges of successive generations of gay men and also explores more broadly how people experience, understand, and write about their lives. Empathic and analytic, it is also a gripping read."" - Ruthellen Josselson, author of The Space between Us

Writing Desire Sixty Years of Gay Autobiography

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    A Paperback by Bertram J. Cohler, William L. Andrews

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      Publisher: MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin
      Publication Date: 3/30/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780299222048, 978-0299222048
      ISBN10: 0299222047

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines the changing identity of gay men writing within a historical context. By contrasting the personal experience of these disparate writers, this work illustrates the social transformations that these men helped shape.

      Trade Review
      A fascinating exploration of how time and place have shaped both the writing and the reading of six generations of gay men's life stories. - Henry L. Minton, author of Departing from Deviance: A History of Homosexual Rights and Emancipatory Science in America ""Illuminates the challenges of successive generations of gay men and also explores more broadly how people experience, understand, and write about their lives. Empathic and analytic, it is also a gripping read."" - Ruthellen Josselson, author of The Space between Us

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