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The un-natural state : Arkansas and the queer South /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thompson, Brock, 1977-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Gay culture > Arkansas > History.
Gay community > Arkansas > History.
Gays > Identity.
Gays > Arkansas > History.
Arkansas > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.