Bibliograph

Gay bar, why we went out, Jeremy Lin Atherton

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Gay bar, why we went out, Jeremy Lin Atherton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-303)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Gay bar

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1158019877

Responsibility statement

Jeremy Lin Atherton

Sub title

why we went out

Summary

"Strobing lights and dark rooms, drag queens on counters, first kisses, last call; the gay bar has long been a place of solidarity and sexual expression. Now they are closing, a cultural demolition that has Jeremy Atherton Lin wondering: Could this spell the end of gay identity as we know it? In prose as exuberant as a hit of poppers and dazzling as a disco ball, the author embarks on a transatlantic tour of the hangouts that marked his life, with each club, pub and dive revealing itself to be a palimpsest of queer history. Gay Bar time-travels from Hollywood nights in the 1970s to a warren of cruising tunnels built beneath London in the 1770s; from chichi bars in the wake of AIDS to today's fluid queer spaces; through glory holes, into Crisco-slicked dungeons and down San Francisco alleys. Atherton Lin charts police raids and riots, posing and passing out--and a chance encounter one restless night that would change his life forever. The journey that emerges is an inquiry into the link between place and identity, inviting us to go beyond Stonewall and enter the underground"--adapted from book jacket

Table Of Contents

The dark walks -- The factory -- The Adelphi -- The windows -- The neighbors -- The apprentice -- The borders

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