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Men Without Maps - Some Gay Males of the Generation Before Stonewall (Hardcover)
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Men Without Maps - Some Gay Males of the Generation Before Stonewall (Hardcover)
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For many men of various sexual inclinations, the Second World War
offered an unprecedented release from the constraints of civilian
life. However, when they returned home they had to face the harsh
realities of a restrictive society. Men Without Maps continues the
story of these men, whom John Ibson first gave voice to in The
Mourning After. Here he uncovers the experiences of men after World
War II who had same-sex desires but few, if any, direct,
affirmative models of how to build identities and relationships.
Though heterosexual men had plenty of cultural maps--provided by
their parents, social institutions, and nearly every engine of
popular culture--in the years before Pride parades, social
organizations for queer persons, or publications devoted to them,
gay men lacked such guides. In his survey of the years from shortly
before the war up to the gay rights movement of the late 1960s and
early '70s, Ibson considers male couples, who balanced domestic
contentment with exterior repression, as well as single men, whose
solitary lives illuminate unexplored aspects of the queer
experience. Men Without Maps shows how, in spite of the obstacles
they faced, midcentury gay men found ways to assemble their lives
and senses of self at a time of limited social acceptance.
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Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2019 |
Authors: |
John Ibson
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
176 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-65608-3 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-226-65608-X |
Barcode: |
9780226656083 |
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