A Desired Past
A Short History of Same-Sex Love in America
Leila J. Rupp
With this book, Leila J. Rupp accomplishes what few scholars have even attempted: she combines a vast array of scholarship on supposedly discrete episodes in American history into an entertaining and entirely readable story of same-sex desire across the country and the centuries.
‘Most extraordinary about Leila J. Rupp’s indeed short, two-hundred-page history of ‘same-sex love and sexuality’ is not that it manages to account for such a variety of individuals, races, and classes or take in such a broad chronological and thematic range, but rather that it does all this with such verve, lucidity, and analytical rigor. . . . [A]n elegant, inspiring survey.’ —John Howard, Journal of American History
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| ISBN | 9780226731568 |
| Genre | History; Lesbian Studies; LGBT Studies/Social Sciences |
| Copyright Date | 1999 |
| Publication Date | 1999 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 232 |
| Notes | Lambda Literary Award Finalist |
| Language | English |
| Rating | Good |
| Subject | Gays – History. – United States; Homosexuality – History. – United States |
| BookID | 2975 |
