All the Rage: The Story of Gay Visibility in America
by Suzanna Danuta Walters
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In this book, the author argues that we now live in a time when gays are seen, but not necessarily known. Taking on the common wisdom that equates visibility with full integration, the book maps the terrain on which gays are accepted as witty film accessories and sassy sitcom stars yet denied full citizenship.Tags
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This is another book that I think is good and really insightful, but woefully out of date. It was written almost twenty years ago, and the lives and depictions of LGBT+ individuals has changed dramatically since that time.
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Suzanna Danuta Walters has written and lectured extensively on sexuality, popular culture, and feminism and is currently Director of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Professor of Sociology at Northeastern University. She is the author of several books, including All the Rage: The Story of Gay Visibility in America.
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- Dedication
- This book is dedicated to the two most important companeras in my life, my mother Marianne and my daughter Emma, whose combination of wisdom, commitment, compassion, and humor provide endless joy in the present and expansive ... (show all)hope for the future.
- First words
- I think I must have been about 12 or 13 when I first thought I might be gay. I'll never forget the moment I knew it to be true, when I kissed a girl for the first time under the stairwell in my school. Like all such kisses, i... (show all)t retrospectively becomes a defining event, although at the time it was simply a thrill. I'll also never forget what it meant to come out, a not-so-sweet sixteen, in what now seems like the medieval 1970s. -Prologue
There is no doubt that gays and lesbians have entered the public consciousness as never before. From cover stories in Time and Newsweek to TV talk shows and editorials in national and regional newspapers, ga... (show all)ys and lesbians have received an unprecedented degree of media attention. -Chapter One - Canonical DDC/MDS
- 791.45
- Canonical LCC
- PN1992.H64
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- Nonfiction, LGBTQ+, Sexuality and Gender Studies, General Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 791.45 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Movies, TV, Video Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Television
- LCC
- PN1992 .H64 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Broadcasting Television broadcasts
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- English
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