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Available
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Publication
St. Martin's Griffin (2003), Edition: 1st, 384 pages
Description
Long before the rise of the modern gay movement, an unnoticed literary revolution was occurring, mostly between the covers of the cheaply produced pulp paperbacks of the post-World War II era. Cultural critic Michael Bronski collects a sampling of these now little-known gay erotic writings{u2014}some by writers long forgotten, some never known and a few now famous. Through them, Bronski challenges many long-held views of American postwar fiction and the rise of gay literature, as well as of the culture at large. --
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LibraryThing member ocgreg34
A revealing look at the history of the gay male pulp from post-WWII through the sexual revolution of the 1970s.
LibraryThing member FFortuna
I wish he could've given us more than excerpts, but even those are interesting since these books are getting so hard to find. The commentary is excellent too, there's not a ton of scholarship on pulp, so Bronski is summarizing the history in a readable way but also offering details I hadn't found
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in any other book on the subject. I also love that he chose excerpts displaying both porn and politics, because they're intertwined in this genre. Show Less
Awards
Lambda Literary Award (Winner — 2003)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
384 p.; 8.5 inches
ISBN
0312252676 / 9780312252670