| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 166 pages) : illustrations |
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Preface -- From The Dust Jacket Of The Original Edition -- Introduction -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: "Well, Get You, Girl ... " -- Chapter 2: " ... Don't Scream at Your Mother ... " -- Chapter 3: " ... Carry On Like Faust ... " -- Chapter 4: " ... Clever Drag, But I Think He'ss Fuzz ... " -- Chapter 5: " ... Hit Him With Your Beaded Bag, May ... " -- Chapter 6: "Meanwhile, Back At The Palace ... " -- Chapter 7: " ... And Away We Go ... " -- Chapter 8: " ... Must Be These High Heels I'm Wearing ... " -- Chapter 9: "I Read Her Beads For Her ... " -- Chapter 10: "Listen To Your Mother ... " -- For The Record -- Afterword |
| Summary |
"Vivacious, unconventional, candid, and straight, Helen Branson operated a gay bar in Los Angeles in the 1950s--America's most anti-gay decade. After years of fending off drunken passes as an entertainer in cocktail bars, this divorced grandmother preferred the wit, variety, and fun she found among homosexual men. Enjoying their companionship and deploring their plight, she gave her gay friends a place to socialize. Though at the time California statutes prohibited homosexuals from gathering in bars, Helen's place was relaxed, suave, and remarkably safe from police raids and other anti-homosexual hazards. In 1957 she published her extraordinary memoir Gay Bar, the first book by a heterosexual to depict the lives of homosexuals with admiration, respect, and love. In this new edition of Gay Bar, Will Fellows interweaves Branson's chapters with historical perspective provided through his own insightful commentary and excerpts gleaned from letters and essays appearing in gay publications of the period. Also included is the original introduction to the book by maverick 1950s psychiatrist Blanche Baker. The eclectic selection of voices gives the flavor of American life in that extraordinary age of anxiety, revealing how gay men saw themselves and their circumstances, and how others perceived them"--Publisher's description |
| Analysis |
Straight women Women bar owners Gay nightlife Underground gay bars |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Branson, Helen P.
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Gay bars -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
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Gay men -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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Gay men -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Sources
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Women-owned business enterprises -- Social aspects -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
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Gay men -- Relations with heterosexuals -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
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Businesswomen -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography
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Gay bars -- California -- Los Angeles
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gay Studies.
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Gay bars
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Gay men -- Social conditions
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Police raids on LGBTQ+ bars.
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Persecution of gay men.
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LGBTQ+ bars.
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Gay-focused businesses.
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Sexual minorities.
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Men.
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LGBTQ+ people.
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Gay studies.
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Lesbian studies.
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Gender studies.
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California -- Los Angeles
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Container of (work): Branson, Helen P.
Gay bar
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Baker, Blanche M., writer of introduction.
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| LC no. |
2010011528 |
| ISBN |
9780299248536 |
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0299248534 |
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1282764160 |
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9781282764163 |
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9786612764165 |
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6612764163 |
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0299248593 |
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9780299248598 |
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