| Description |
xi, 247 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Powder-puff -- Drag and the politics of performance -- Drag in the daylight -- Rags to drag riches -- The current reigning symbol of excellence -- A crime unfit to be named -- The ingredients of offense -- Race, sex, and queer renegotiated -- Redefinition -- Public and private prejudice -- Constructing a gay life -- Creating space, separating the self -- Losing space, separating identities -- Mansion on the hill -- Economic opportunity and the queer community -- And then she came -- Epilogue: queer comes home. |
| Summary |
This is a study of gay and lesbian life in Arkansas in the twentieth century, a deft weaving together of Arkansas history, dozens of oral histories, and Brock Thompson's own story. |
| Subject |
Gays -- Arkansas -- History.
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Gays -- Identity.
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Gay community -- Arkansas -- History.
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Gay culture -- Arkansas -- History.
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Arkansas -- Social life and customs.
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| Added Title |
Unnatural state : Arkansas and the queer South |
| ISBN |
9781557289438 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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1557289433 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Sudoc No. |
HI.F 3/178-8:U 56/2010 ardocs |
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