Gay Sydney : a history /
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| Author / Creator: | Wotherspoon, Garry, author. |
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| Imprint: | Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2016. |
| Description: | xi, 362 pages ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10738523 |
| Summary: | Garry Wotherspoon's Gay Sydney: A History is an updated version of his 1991 classic, City of the Plain: History of a Gay Sub-culture , written in the midst of the AIDS crisis. In this vivid book Wotherspoon traces the shifts that have occurred since then, including majority support for marriage equality and anti-discrimination legislation. He also ponders the parallel evaporation of a distinctly gay sensibility and the disappearance of once-packed gay bars that have now become cafes and gyms. This book also tells the story of gay Sydney across a century, looking at secret, underground gay life, the never-ending debates about sex in society and the role of social movements in the '60 and '70s in effecting social change. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 362 pages ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781742234830 1742234836 |
