As a rult of a seri of urt s, by the mid-1960s the U.S. post office uld no longer terdict books that ntaed homosexualy. Gay wrers were eager to take advantage of this new eedom, but the only ho poised to palize on the outpourg of mancripts were “adult” paperback publishers who marketed their products wh salac vers. Gay crics, unlike their lbian unterparts, have for the most part cled to take the works serly, even though they ver an enormo range of genr: adventur, blue-llar and gray-flannel novels, g-out stori, tective fictn, gothic novels, historil romanc, ary stori, polil novels, prison fictn, romanc, satir, sports stori, and spy thrillers—wh far more short story llectns than is generally realized. Twelve scholars have now band together to beg a revery of this largely fotten explosn of gay wrg that occurred the 1960s. Dcriptns of the pulps have often been aquate and misrmg, the rult of misleadg vers, unreprentative samplg of texts, and a polil bldns that ref to grant worth to pre-Stonewall wrg. This volume charts the broar implitns of this state of affairs before examg some of the more signifint pulp wrers om the perd. It brgs together a diverse range of scholars, methodologi, and readg strategi. The evince that the says amass clearly monstrat the signifince of gay pulps for gay lerary history, queer cultural studi, and book history.
Contents:
- 1960S GAY PULP FICTN
- 1960S GAY PULP FICTN: THE MISPLACED HERAGE
- 1960S GAY PULP FICTN: THE MISPLACED HERAGE (STUDI PRT CULTURE AND THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK)
- 1960S GAY PULP FICTN: THE MISPLACED HERAGE (STUDI PRT CULTURE AND THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK)
1960S GAY PULP FICTN
As a rult of a seri of urt s, by the mid1960s the U.S. post office uld no longer terdict books that ntaed homosexualy. Gay wrers were eage... * 1960s gay pulp fiction the misplaced heritage *
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Post office uld no longer terdict books that ntaed homosexualy.
Gay wrers were eager to take advantage of this new eedom, but the only ho poised to palize on the outpourg of mancripts were "adult" paperback publishers who marketed their products wh salac vers. Gay crics, unlike their lbian unterparts, have for the most part cled to take the works serly, even though they ver an enormo range of adventur, blue-llar and gray-flannel novels, g-out stori, tective fictn, gothic novels, historil romanc, ary stori, polil novels, prison fictn, romanc, satir, sports stori, and spy thrillers―wh far more short story llectns than is generally realized.
1960S GAY PULP FICTN: THE MISPLACED HERAGE
As a rult of a seri of urt s, by the mid1960s the U.S. post office uld no longer terdict books that ntaed homosexualy. Gay wrers were eage... * 1960s gay pulp fiction the misplaced heritage *
Twelve scholars have now band together to beg a revery of this largely fotten explosn of gay wrg that occurred the 1960s. The evince that the says amass clearly monstrat the signifince of gay pulps for gay lerary history, queer cultural studi, and book history.
Other books on this topic tend to summarize dozens and dozens of tl, whereas the chapter topics here were foced on dividual signifint thors of gay pulp. History nonfictn queerFebary 5, 2016Well-documented, the thirteen says outle the history of gay pulp fictn and the role played the liv of gay men through the 60's, provis a look at s thors and publishers, and analys reprentative pulp fictn works. 1960s Gay Pulp Fictn: The Misplaced Herage.
Gay wrers were eager to take advantage of this new eedom, but the only ho poised to palize on the outpourg of mancripts were “adult” paperback publishers who marketed their products wh salac vers. Gay crics, unlike their lbian unterparts, have for the most part cled to take the works serly, even though they ver an enormo range of genr: adventur, blue-llar and gray-flannel novels, g-out stori, tective fictn, gothic novels, historil romanc, ary stori, polil novels, prison fictn, romanc, satir, sports stori, and spy thrillers—wh far more short story llectns than is generally realized.
1960S GAY PULP FICTN: THE MISPLACED HERAGE (STUDI PRT CULTURE AND THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK)
As a rult of a seri of urt s, by the mid-1960s the U.S. post office uld no longer terdict books that ntaed homosexualy. Gay wrers were ... * 1960s gay pulp fiction the misplaced heritage *
Amerin Lerature | Femist, Genr, and Sexualy Studi | Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Studi. Gunn, Drewey Wayne and Harker, Jaime, "1960s Gay Pulp Fictn: The Misplaced Herage" (2013). Gay crics, unlike their lbian unterparts, have for the most part cled to take the works serly, even though they ver an enormo range of genr: adventur, blue-llar and gray-flannel novels, g-out stori, tective fictn, gothic novels, historil romanc, ary stori, polil novels, prison fictn, romanc, satir, sports stori, and spy thrillers―wh far more short story llectns than is generally realized.
1960S GAY PULP FICTN: THE MISPLACED HERAGE (STUDI PRT CULTURE AND THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK)
* 1960s gay pulp fiction the misplaced heritage *
Drewey Wayne Gunn is profsor emer of English at Texas A&M Universy-Kgsville and thor of The Gay Male Slth Prt and Film. Tle: 1960s Gay Pulp Fictn: The Misplaced...