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How to be gay / David M. Halperin.
| Author/creator | Halperin, David M., 1952- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, ©2012. |
| Description | viii, 549 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | B+ could try harder -- Diary of a scandal -- History of an error -- American falsettos -- Gay identity and its discontents -- Homosexuality's closet -- What's gayer than gay? -- The queen is not dead -- Why are the drag queens laughing? -- Culture and genre -- The passion of the crawford -- Suffering in quotation marks -- The beauty and the camp -- Mommie queerest -- Gay family romance -- Men act, women appear -- The sexual politics of genre -- Tragedy into melodrama -- Bitch baskets -- Gay femininity -- Gender and genre -- The meaning of style -- Irony and misogyny -- What is gay culture? -- Judy Garland vs. identity art -- Culture vs. subculture -- Queer forever -- Endnotes -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Halperin, David M., 1952- How to be gay. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2012 9780674067516 |
| LCCN | 2012009043 |
| ISBN | 9780674066793 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0674066790 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HQ76 .H2795 2012 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |