Gay bar : the fabulous, true story of a daring woman and her boys in the 1950s /

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Author / Creator:	Fellows, Will.
Imprint:	Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xx, 166 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Gay bars -- California -- Los Angeles. Gay men -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions -- 20th century. Gay bars. Gay men -- Social conditions. California -- Los Angeles.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11284035

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Other uniform titles:	Branson, Helen P. Gay bar.
ISBN:	9780299248536 0299248534 1282764160 9781282764163 9786612764165 6612764163 0299248593 9780299248598 9780299248505 029924850X
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Vivacious, unconventional, candid, and straight, Helen Branson operated a gay bar in Los Angeles in the 1950s - America's most anti-gay decade. After years of fending off drunken passes as an entertainer in cocktail bars, this divorced grandmother preferred the wit, variety, and fun she found among homosexual men. Enjoying their companionship and deploring their plight, she gave her gay friends a place to socialize. Though at the time California statutes prohibited homosexuals from gathering in bars, Helen's place was relaxed, suave, and remarkably safe from police raids and other anti-homosexual hazards. In 1957 she published her extraordinary memoir Gay Bar, the first book by a heterosexual to depict the lives of homosexuals with admiration, respect, and love. In this new edition of Gay Bar, Will Fellows interweaves Branson's chapters with historical perspective provided through his own insightful commentary and excerpts gleaned from letters and essays appearing in gay publications of the period. Also included is the original introduction to the book by maverick 1950s psychiatrist Blanche Baker. The eclectic selection of voices gives the flavor of American life in that extraordinary age of anxiety, revealing how gay men saw themselves and their circumstances, and how others perceived them.
Other form:	Print version: Fellows, Will. Gay bar. Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2010 9780299248505
Standard no.:	9786612764165

Table of Contents:

Cover
Preface
From The Dust Jacket Of The Original Edition
Introduction
Foreward
Chapter 1: Well, Get You, Girl
Chapter 2: Don8217;t Scream At Your Mother
Chapter 3: Carry On Like Faust
Chapter 4: Clever Drag, But I Think He8217;s Fuzz
Chapter 5: Hit Him With Your Beaded Bag, May
Chapter 6: Meanwhile, Back At The Palace
Chapter 7: And Away We Go
Chapter 8: Must Be These High Heels I8217;M Wearing
Chapter 9: I Read Her Beads For Her
Chapter 10: Listen To Your Mother
For The Record
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Notes On Sources
Bibliography.

Gay bar : the fabulous, true story of a daring woman and her boys in the 1950s /

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