A Passion to Preserve Gay Men as Keepers of Culture
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ArtikelUtgivningsinformation: Madison The University of Wisconsin Press 2005Innehållstyp: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780299196844
- 9780299196899
- Society and Social Sciences
- Society and culture: general
- Social groups, communities and identities
- Gender studies, gender groups
- Architecture
- Cultural studies
- Gay and lesbian studies
- History
- J Society and Social Sciences
- JB Society and culture
- JBS Social groups
- JBSF Gender studies
- communities and identities
- gender groups
- general
- thema EDItEUR
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From large cities to rural communities, gay men have long been impassioned pioneers as keepers of culture: rescuing and restoring decrepit buildings, revitalizing blighted neighborhoods, saving artifacts and documents of historical significance. This penchant to preserve, though widely observed, is typically ignored or dismissed as a stereotypical gay cliché, even by many gay men themselves. A Passion to Preserve explores this authentic and complex dimension of gay men's lives by profiling early and contemporary preservationists from throughout the United States. This eye-opening and provocative book illuminates neglected facets of what it means to be gay and highlights contributions to the larger culture that gays are exceptionally inclined to make.
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