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Wide-Open Town: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965

Book ID: 126203057
Publisher: University of California Press
Tongue: English
Weight: 2 MB
Category: Standards

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✦ Synopsis

Wide-Open Town traces the history of gay men and lesbians in San Francisco from the turn of the century, when queer bars emerged in San Francisco's tourist districts, to 1965, when a raid on a drag ball changed the course of queer history. Bringing to life the striking personalities and vibrant milieu that fueled this era, Nan Alamilla Boyd examines the culture that developed around the bar scene and homophile activism. She argues that the communities forged inside bars and taverns functioned politically and, ultimately, offered practical and ideological responses to the policing of...

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