Growing Up Before Stonewall: Life Stories of Some Gay Men

ISBN-13: 9780415101523 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 192 str.

Peter M. Nardi; David Sanders; Judd Marmor

Opis

This collection tells the stories of 11 American gay men who tried to understand their indentities in the years before the modern gay liberation movement began. From the 1920s through the 1960s, from a variety of regions and social classes, the men describe their families, early childhood experiences, coming out in settings unlike the gay neighbourhoods and communities of today, and their current romantic and sexual lives. For some men the military presented the opportunity to explore their personal and social identities; for others, a chance encounter in a seminary, an accidentally-discovered gay bar, or a hetrosexual marriage provoked them into exploring deeper needs and desires. The variety of experiences illustrates the numerous ways individuals come to know their gay selves in an often unfriendly and hostile world. Interviews with a contemporary elder of the gay movement and a heterosexual psychiatrist who argues against categorizing homosexuality as a mental disorder, supplement the original 11 stories.

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I Growing up before Stonewall; Chapter 1 The social and political climate for gay men; Chapter 2 Interview with Morris Kight; Chapter 3 Gay men and psychiatry; Chapter 4 Interview with Judd Marmor, M.D.; Part II Life stories of some gay men; Chapter 5 An introduction to the interviews; Chapter 6 Andrew; Chapter 7 Bennett; Chapter 8 Carl; Chapter 9 Danny; Chapter 10 Ed; Chapter 11 Frank; Chapter 12 George and Harold; Chapter 13 Jim; Chapter 14 Kevin; Chapter 15 Louis;

O autorze

Peter M. Nardi Professor of Sociology, Pitzer College, Claremont, California.,
David anders Emeritus Attending Psychiatrist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles.,
Judd Marmor- Franz Alexander Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Southern California and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles.