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Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940 Audiobook
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The award-winning, field-defining history of gay life in New York City in the early to mid-20th century Gay New York brilliantly shatters the myth that before the 1960s gay life existed only in the closet, where gay men were isolated, invisible, and self-hating. Drawing on a rich trove of diaries, legal records, and other unpublished documents, George Chauncey constructs a fascinating portrait of a vibrant, cohesive gay world that is not supposed to have existed. Called "monumental" (Washington Post), "unassailable" (Boston Globe), "brilliant" (The Nation), and "a first-rate book of history" (The New York Times), Gay New Yorkforever changed how we think about the history of gay life in New York City, and beyond.
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“Brilliantly maps out the complex gay world of turn-of-the-century New York City…The material is rich and much of it startlingly…Chauncey is a savvy tour guide…[and] has made a stunning contribution not only to gay history but to the study of urban life, class, gender—and heterosexuality.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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“One of the most fascinating works of American social history I’ve ever read.”
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“Compellingly readable…electrifying…essential reading.”
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“Chauncey’s genius is the way he combines real lives and theory…a sharp and readable analysis of the way boundaries between ‘normal’ and ‘abnormal’ men bent and blurred in the early parts of the century.”
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“One of the most important gay history texts ever written, giving a revealing and entertaining account of an utterly forgotten facet of gay history. An insightful, eloquent, and ground-breaking work.”
— Chicago Outlines
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Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
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Winner of the Lambda Literary Award
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About Graham Halstead
Graham Halstead, an Earphones Award and Audie Award–winning narrator, is a professionally trained actor and voice artist. As an actor, he has worked internationally in Edinburgh and London, as well as at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. His youthful, easy-flowing voice can be heard on television and radio voicing spots for Airborne and Allegra.