Cherry Grove, Fire Island

Cherry Grove, Fire Island

Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town

  • Autor: Newton, Esther
  • Editor: Duke University Press
  • ISBN: 9780822355533
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780822377214
  • Lugar de publicación:  Durham , Estados Unidos
  • Año de publicación digital: 2015
  • Mes: Febrero
  • Páginas: 424
  • Idioma: Ingles
First published in 1993, the award-winning Cherry Grove, Fire Island tells the story of the extraordinary gay and lesbian resort community near New York City. This new paperback edition includes a new preface by the author.
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface to the 2014 Edition
  • Prologue
  • Part I. How the Grove became Gay: 1936–1945
    • Chapter 1. “Built upon the Sand”
  • Part II. The Gay Country Club: 1946–1959
    • Chapter 2. The Battle for the Beach
    • Chapter 3. Conviviality and Camp
    • Chapter 4. Trouble in Paradise
  • Part III. The Nation Takes Shape: 1960–1969
    • Chapter 5. The Rise of Gay Commercialism
    • Chapter 6. The Geometry of Gay Prejudice
    • Chapter 7. Plays, Parties, and Sex
  • Part IV. The “Lithuanians” and the “Doughnut Rack”: The Lesbian Minority, 1936–1980
    • Chapter 8. The “Fun Gay Ladies”
    • Chapter 9. “Just One of the ‘Boys’”
  • Part V. The Grove After Stonewall: 1970–1980
    • Chapter 10. The Ad Hoc Committee to Save Cherry Grove
    • Chapter 11. Bored on the Fourth of July
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix on Methods
  • Notes
  • Narrators
  • References Cited
  • Index

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