Stonewall : the riots that sparked the gay revolution /
In 1969, a series of riots over police action at The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New Yprk City's Greenwich Village changed the landscape of the homosexual in society, literally overnight. These riots are widely acknowledged as the 'first shot' that ushered in a previously unimagined e...
| Основен автор: | Carter, David, 1952- |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
2004.
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| Издание: | 1st ed. |
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Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
Съдържание:
- pt. 1. Setting the stage : Greenwich Village, USA ; Oppression, resistance, and everyday life ; On the street ; The Stonewall Inn ; The skull ; Dawn is just breaking
- pt. 2. The Stonewall riots : A Friday night out ; "We're taking the place!" ; Lancing the festering wound of anger ; "Christopher Street belongs to the queens!" ; "They've lost that wounded look"
- pt. 3. Gay liberation : Seizing the moment ; "We're the gay liberation front!" ; The heroic age.