| Description |
xxii, 357 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-349) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface: The lives of homosexuals in the idea of the city -- I. Setting terms : 1. Les Lesbiennes, or The city in history : Femmes damnées ; The vice of whores ; The victims of capital ; The heroines of modernism -- 2. Oscar Wilde in Los Angeles : Reading lessons ; The legible city ; The genius of criminals ; Ernest in town ; Socialism and interpretation -- II. Claiming residence : 3. Perverts in groups : The social evil in Chicago ; Modern nervousness ; La Ville invisible -- 4. City of women : The social claim and the industrial city ; At home on Halsted Street -- 5. Radclyffe Hall at the Chicago School : The criminal, the defective, and the genius ; Communal lives -- III. The fear and hope of great American cities : 6. Paris, Harlem, Hudson Street-1961 ; Are cities un-American? ; History in the city ; Children and strangers ; Neighborhoods and slums -- 7. City of feeling : The culture of cities ; Into the streets ; Ghetto gentry ; Making urban meaning ; Afterword: Queer in the great city ; Somewhere ; A place for us ; The future of cities. |
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Homosexuality in literature.
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Homosexuality in literature. |
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American literature -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
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Lesbianism in literature.
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Lesbianism in literature. |
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Cities and towns in literature.
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Cities and towns in literature. |
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City and town life in literature.
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City and town life in literature. |
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Homosexuality -- History.
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Homosexuality. |
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History. |
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City and town life -- United States -- History.
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City and town life. |
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United States. |
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Gays -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Gays. |
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Social conditions. |
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Homosexuality. |
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Homosexuals. |
| ISBN |
0816638187 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780816638185 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780816638192 paperback alkaline paper |
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0816638195 paperback alkaline paper |
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