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Availability:In StockContributor:David K. JohnsonSeries:Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. CapitalismPublish date:2021-04-27Pages:328
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231189118ISBN-10:231189117UPC:9780231189118Book Category:Social Science, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:LGBTQ+ Studies, Industries, Corporate & Business HistoryBook Topic:Gay Studies, Media & CommunicationsSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCV36EGE6A
Buying Gay: How Physique Entrepreneurs Sparked a Movement
In 1951, a new type of publication appeared on newsstands--the physique magazine produced by and for gay men. For many men growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, these magazines and their images and illustrations of nearly naked men, as well as articles, letters from readers, and advertisements, served as an initiation into gay culture. The publishers behind them were part of a wider world of...
Series: Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231189118ISBN-10:231189117UPC:9780231189118Book Category:Social Science, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:LGBTQ+ Studies, Industries, Corporate & Business HistoryBook Topic:Gay Studies, Media & CommunicationsSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCV36EGE6A
David K. Johnson is professor of history at the University of South Florida. He is the author of The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government (2004), which was made into an award-winning documentary.
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