Queer street rise and fall of an American culture, 1947-1985 McCourt, James 1941- creator author. text History. nyu 2004 2004 First edition. monographic eng print xiv, 577 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm "A seminal work that may prove unrivaled in its ability to capture the voices of a mad, bygone era, Queer Street is a voluptuous, anecdotal history of New York's gay life in the twentieth century - a literary ode, a swan song - that barrels through four decades of crisis and triumph up to the era of the floodtide of AIDS." "Beginning with the influx of liberated veterans into downtown New York in the now-mythical golden age before the McCarthy witch hunts, Queer Street tells the extraordinary story of the flowering, fruition, and falling-to-seed of American-generated gay culture in the latter half of the twentieth century."--Jacket. Part 1 Origination -- Part 2 Investigations -- Part 3 Breaking Out -- Part 4 Expatriates -- Part 5 Return Engagements (Postquam Rearrived) -- Part 6 Dead Reckonings -- Part 7 Lost Angeles (Inside Story). by James McCourt. "Excursions in the mind of the life." Includes index. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy is signed by the author. n-us--- Gays United States History 20th century Gay community United States History 20th century Gay culture United States History 20th century Gays United States Social conditions 20th century Gay community Gays Gays Social conditions United States Subcultuur Homoseksuelen 1900-1999 fast HQ76.3.U5 M383 2004 306.76/6/0973 15.85 0393050513 9780393050516 0393326403 9780393326406 2003016112 DLC 030718 20191105172140.0 in00001808123 eng