Cherry Grove, Fire Island : Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the 2014 Edition -- Prologue -- PART I. How the Grove Became Gay: I936- I945 -- CHAPTER 1. "Built upon the Sand" -- PART II. The Gay Country Club: I946- I959 -- CHAPTER 2. The Battle for the Beach -- CHAPTER 3. Conviviality and Camp...
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the 2014 Edition -- Prologue -- PART I. How the Grove Became Gay: I936- I945 -- CHAPTER 1. "Built upon the Sand" -- PART II. The Gay Country Club: I946- I959 -- CHAPTER 2. The Battle for the Beach -- CHAPTER 3. Conviviality and Camp -- CHAPTER 4. Trouble in Paradise -- PART III. The Nation Takes Shape: I96o- I969 -- CHAPTER 5. The Rise of Gay Commercialism -- CHAPTER 6. The Geometry of Gay Prejudice -- CHAPTER 7. Plays, Parties, and Sex -- PART IV. The "Lithuanians" and the ''Doughnut Rack": The Lesbian Minority I936- I980 -- CHAPTER 8. The "Fun Gay Ladies" -- CHAPTER 9. 'Just One of the 'Boys'" -- PART V. The Grove after Stonewall· I970 - I 98o -- CHAPTER 10. The Ad Hoc Committee to Save Cherry Grove -- CHAPTER 11. Bored on the Fourth of July -- Epilogue -- Appendix on Methods -- Notes -- Narrators -- References Cited -- Index Ausführliche Beschreibung