Categorically famous : literary celebrity and sexual liberation in 1960s America / Guy Davidson.

Author/creator Davidson, Guy author.
Format Book
PublicationStanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2019]
Description227 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Gay authors--United States. --History. --20th century.
Celebrities--Sexual behavior. --United States. --History.
Sexual minorities--United States. --Identity. --History.
Gay liberation movement--United States. --History.
Fame--Social aspects. --United States. --History.
United States--Social conditions. --1960-1980.

SeriesPost 45
Post 45. ^A1302907
Contents James Baldwin and celebrity shame -- Baldwin and the celebrity novel -- Susan Sontag's impersonal stardom -- From camp to counterculture -- The moment of Myra Breckinridge -- Gore Vidal's sexuality in the public sphere -- Afterword : visibility, revisited; or, delete the closet?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Davidson, Guy, author. Categorically famous Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2019 9781503609204
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2018047095
ISBN9781503602359 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN1503602354 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN9781503609198 paperback alkaline paper
ISBN1503609197 paperback alkaline paper
ISBNelectronic book

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PS153 .G38 D39 2019 ✔ Available Place Hold