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Behind the Mask of the Mattachine - The Hal Call Chronicles and the Early Movement for Homosexual Emancipation (Paperback)
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Behind the Mask of the Mattachine - The Hal Call Chronicles and the Early Movement for Homosexual Emancipation (Paperback)
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Take a revealing look at gay sex and gay historyand the man who
helped kick-start gay activism in today's society The Mattachine is
the origin of the contemporary American gay movement. One of the
major players in this movement was Hal Call, America's first openly
gay journalist and the man most responsible for the end of
government censorship of frontal male nude photography through the
mail. Behind the Mask of the Mattachine: The Early Movement for
Homosexual Emancipation, the Hal Call Chronicles travels back to
the times before Stonewall and its aftermath, to the beginnings of
the modern homosexual movement and the lesser-known individuals who
started it. This stunning chronicle boldly goes beyond the standard
whitewashed/desexualized history usually provided by other gay
historians, to give the unexpurgatedand sexually chargedhistory of
the activists who organized homosexuals, using the biography of the
controversial Hal Call as its springboard. Behind the Mask of the
Mattachine provides a revealing illustration of gay life and gay
sex in the past through an intergenerational history of the early
gay men's movement. Noted author James T. Sears generously weaves
oral history, seldom seen historical documents, and rare
photographs to provide a rich behind-the-scenes look at the first
wave of Mattachine activists and the emerging gay pornography
industry. This historical chronicle of a previously neglected era
is packed with details of Call's personal struggles, his
celebration of the phallus, and his assertion linking homophobia
and heteronormativity to our culture's sex-negative tradition. The
reader is transported to the sexual underworld of youthful
hustlers, porno kingpins, spurned lovers, sex clubs, cruising
grounds, secretive societies, and personal in-fighting over the
direction of gay activism. This enthralling narrative is impeccably
referenced. Behind the Mask of the Mattachine examines: the origins
of the Mattachine Society the Mattachine Foundation of Harry Hay
and others of the Fifth Order the Weimar Republic in Germanythe
roots of the modern homosexual movement networking of homosexuals
through correspondence clubs and speakeasies in Depression-era
America the intense rivalries between San Francisco and New York
City Mattachine groups censorship of books, magazines, and films
much more! The book explores the lives of three generations of
pre-Stonewall gay activists: Magnus Hirschfeld and Benedikt
Friedlander Henry Gerber and Manual boyFrank Harry Hay and Hal Call
Behind the Mask of the Mattachine is not only candid about gay sex
and its impact on society but also puts a needed spotlight on a
time in lesser-known gay history. This is important, illuminating
reading for historians and gay persons interested in the undeniably
sexually charged history of the early gay men's movement. Take a
look at these other James T. Sears books on LGBT issues: Growing Up
Gay in the South online at
http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=0502 and Gay,
Lesbian, and Transgender Issues in Education online at
http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=5180
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