Document Type

Book Review

Publication Date

Summer 2008

Abstract

Since the publication of George Chauncey's Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture,and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940 (New York, 1994), a growing number of scholars have engaged in a lively debate about the history of homosexuality in the United States. In recent years, scholars have begun to explore the possibility that same-sex desire and behavior meant different things to people in different regions. The most articulate advocate of this position is western U. S. historian Peter Boag, the author of Same-Sex Affairs: Constructing and Controlling Homosexuality in the Pacific Northwest (Berkeley, 2003). Daniel Hurewitz's Bohemian Los Angeles and the Making of Modern Politics represents a strikingly original contribution to this debate. At the heart of the book is an explanation of the emergence of the Mattachine Society, the first homophile organization, in Los Angeles in 1950.

Publication Title

Western Historical Quarterly

Volume

39

Issue

2

First Page

237

Last Page

238

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Published by: Western Historical Quarterly, Utah State University on behalf of The Western History Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25443721

Western Historical Quarterly currently allows posting of their content to open-access institutional repositories FIVE YEARS from original publication.

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Artists--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century; Cultural pluralism--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century; Political activists--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century

Subjects - Names (LCNAF)

Hurewitz, Daniel. Bohemian Los Angeles and the making of modern politics

Geographic Coverage

Edendale (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Politics and government--20th century; Edendale (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Intellectual life--20th century

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reviews (documents)

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Text

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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