Indecent Advances
A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall
A fast-paced, meticulously researched, thoroughly engaging (and often infuriating) look-see into the systematic criminalization of gay men and widespread condemnation of homosexuality post-World War I. ¿Alexis Burling, San Francisco ChronicleStories of murder have never been just about killers and victims. Instead, crime stories take the shape of their times and reflect cultural notions and prejudices. In this Edgar Award-finalist for Best Fact Crime, James Polchin recovers and recounts queer stories from the crime pages¿often lurid and euphemistic¿that reveal the hidden history of violence against gay men. But what was left unsaid in these c…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-64009-190-0
- EAN: 9781640091900
- Produktnummer: 28660331
- Verlag: Catapult
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 6'629 KB
Über den Autor
James Polchin, PhD, has taught at the Princeton Writing Program, the Parsons School of Design, the New School for Public Engagement, and the Creative Nonfiction Foundation. A clinical professor at New York University, he lives in New York City with his husband, the photographer Greg Salvatori. Indecent Advances is his first book.
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