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Loading... Queer Pulp: Perverted Passions from the Golden Age of the Paperback (2001)by Susan Stryker
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Queer Pulp is an interesting enough history of the literature of alternative lifestyles both legitimate (Tennessee Williams, Radclyffe Hall, James Baldwin) and not-so-legitimate (Percy Fenster, author of Hot Pants Homo), but the clincher on this one is the cover reproductions, which are just as lurid and wonderful as the cover implies. If you collect odd titles as I do, this is a veritable treasure trove. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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From homicidal homos to locked-up lesbians, and almost every sexually dangerous combination in between, Queer Pulp: Perverted Passions from the Golden Age of the Paperback is the first complete expose of queer sexuality in mid-twentieth century paperbacks. Compellingly written by historian Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp gives a complete overview of the cultural, political, and economic factors involved in the boom of queer paperbacks. With chapters covering gay, lesbian, transgender, and bisexually oriented books, a lively overview of the genres, and loads of scorching paperback covers, Queer Pulp reveals the complicated and fascinating history of alternative sexual literature and book publishing. Featuring the work of well-known authors such as W. Somerset Maugham and Truman Capote to the low-brow and no-brow scribes who worked under several names, Queer Pulp is the entertaining and informative introduction to these lost, salacious literary genres. No library descriptions found. |
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