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xii, 247 pages : illustrations, portraits, plans ; 23 cm. |
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Sexuality studies |
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Sexuality studies.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-241) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Life science: The agrarian origins of American sexuality -- Town and country: Country life and the nationalization of middle-class morality -- Casual sex: Homosociality, homosexuality, and the intinerant working poor -- Community standards: Village mentality and the queer eccentric -- Camp life: The queer history of "manhood" in the Civilian Conservation Corps -- Hard women: Rural women and female masculinity -- Conclusion: Mansfield, Ohio. |
| Summary |
Most studies of lesbian and gay history focus on urban environments. Yet gender and sexual diversity were anything but rare in nonmetropolitan areas in the first half of the twentieth century. Just Queer Folks explores the seldom-discussed history of same-sex intimacy and gender nonconformity in rural and small-town America during a period when the now familiar concepts of heterosexuality and homosexuality were just beginning to take shape. Eschewing the notion that identity is always the best measure of what can be known about gender and sexuality, Colin R. Johnson argues instead for a queer historicist approach. In so doing, he uncovers a startlingly unruly rural past in which small-town eccentrics, "mannish" farm women, and cross-dressing Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees were often just queer folks so far as their neighbors were concerned. Written with wit and verve, Just Queer Folks upsets a whole host of contemporary commonplaces, including the notion that queer history is always urban history. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2022. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) |
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All rights reserved. |
| Subject |
Rural gay men -- United States.
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Rural lesbians -- United States.
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Rural men -- Sexual behavior -- United States.
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Rural women -- Sexual behavior -- United States.
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Homosexuality -- United States.
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Country life -- United States.
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Förenta staterna.
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Homosexuels masculins en milieu rural -- États-Unis.
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Lesbiennes en milieu rural -- États-Unis.
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Hommes en milieu rural -- Sexualité -- États-Unis.
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Femmes en milieu rural -- Sexualité -- États-Unis.
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Homosexualité -- États-Unis.
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Country life. (OCoLC)fst00881405
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Homosexuality. (OCoLC)fst00959755
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Rural gay men. (OCoLC)fst01101643
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Rural lesbians. (OCoLC)fst01101722
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Rural women -- Sexual behavior.
(OCoLC)fst01101907
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Ländlicher Raum
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Homosexueller
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Lesbe
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Sexualverhalten
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Soziale Situation
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USA.
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Homosexuella -- historia -- sociala aspekter.
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Homosexualitet -- historia.
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Landsbygdsbefolkning -- genusaspekter.
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Sexualitet -- historia -- sociala aspekter.
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Genus (socialt kön) -- historia.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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American Council of Learned Societies.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
9781439909973 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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1439909970 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9781439909980 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1439909989 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9781439909997 (ebook) |
| Standard No. |
40022545367 |
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99956611625 |
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2027/heb34621 hdl |
