The Rise and Fall of Gay CultureThe author analyzes contemporary gay culture--from male pin-ups to black leather fetishism to the AIDS memorial quilt--in an effort to trace the effects of increasing acceptance of homosexuality on gay sensibility. |
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Introduction | 1 |
The Evolution of the Personals | 40 |
A Psychohistory of the Homosexual Body | 86 |
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