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The Queer Sixties Patricia Juliana Smith

The Queer Sixties By Patricia Juliana Smith

The Queer Sixties by Patricia Juliana Smith


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Summary

The Queer Sixties assembles an impressive group of cultural critics to go against the grain of 1960s studies, and proposes new and different ways of looking at the queer cultural and subcultural expression of that decade.

The Queer Sixties Summary

The Queer Sixties by Patricia Juliana Smith

The Queer Sixties assembles an impressive group of cultural critics to go against the grain of 1960s studies, and proposes new and different ways of the last decade before the closet doors swung open. Imbued with the zeitgeist of the 60s, this playful and powerful collection rescues the persistence of the queer imaginary.

The Queer Sixties Reviews

"This eye-opening work of cultural history is recommended for larger public libraries and academic collections with gay studies or art specializations." -- Jeffery Ingram, Newport P.L., OR, Library Journal June 15, 1999
"Smith's volum examines the iconography of queer sexuality in popular culture during the deacde preceding Stonewall. Fourteen essays arrange in five subsections appraoch this topic through subjects ranging from pulp fiction and pop music to theater and film. Smith (UCLA) provises an introcution, and each of the essays includes substantial notes." -Choice."
"Smith collects a broad sampling of literary, film, and music criticism fora reading of the culture of the 1960s through queer-colored glasses. This eye-opening work of cultural history is recommended for larger public libraries and academic collections with gay studies or art specializations." -- Library Journal

About Patricia Juliana Smith

Patricia Juliana Smith is Assistant Professor of English at UCLA.

Additional information

NPB9780415921695
9780415921695
0415921694
The Queer Sixties by Patricia Juliana Smith
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1999-06-03
300
N/A
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