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Chargement... The Boys of Boise: Furor, Vice & Folly in an American Citypar John Gerassi
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Having lived near Boise and experienced what it's like there (just after the book was published), this book helped rip the whole community apart (perhaps for the best). In the land of folk who lean to the right of the religious spectrum, there lies a secret that acts as the "can opener." "His book still has much to tell us about how contemporary society reacts to, and misunderstands, homosexuality." --from the new Foreword by Peter Boag. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"Written in 1965 about a same-sex sexual scandal that occurred in 1955 in Boise, Idaho, John Gerassi's classic study depicts both middle America's traditional response to homosexuality and an era in the country's history before the modern gay rights movement really got underway. Because much of what Gerassi wrote about persists in today's struggles over gay and lesbian issues, his book still has much to tell us about how contemporary society reacts to, and misunderstands, homosexuality."?Peter Boag On the morning of November 2, 1955, the people of Boise, Idaho, were stunned by a screaming headline in the Idaho Daily Statesman, THREE BOISE MEN ADMIT SEX CHARGES. Time magazine picked up the story, reporting that a "homosexual underworld" had long operated in Idaho's staid capital city. The Statesman led the hysteria that resulted in dozens of arrests'including some highly placed members of the community'and sentences ranging from probation to life imprisonment. Peter Boag's Foreword places the book in historical perspective, summarizing the popular psychological theories and legal conceptions that helped to shape Gerassi's research. He discusses advances in Idaho's public approach to homosexuality and ways in which the provincialism chronicled by Gerassi persists to this day. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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