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Author: Michael Bronski ,
Richie Chevat
Publisher: Beacon Press
Imprint: Beacon Press
Volume: 1
Weight: 0.367kg
ISBN: 9780807056127
ISBN 10: 080705612
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 11 June 2019
Recommended Age: From 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Bronski does a stunning job of sweeping across five hundred years and weaving 'queer' through the history of this nation. Always insightful, and provocative. --John D'Emilio, author of Lost Prophet The first book to cover all of LGBT history from 1492 through the present is Michael Bronski's A Queer History of the United States (Beacon Press). It is wonderfully readable and looks at the way we understand the history of the United States. The LGBT population moves from the margins to the mainstream and we see that the history of this country also is our history. --Windy City Times Bronski's book provides an excellent overview for readers new to the field of gay history. Summing Up: Essential. All levels/libraries... --CHOICE Magazine .. .A succinct distillation of the history of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders in America... Bronski's impeccable research bolsters his arguments... a useful handbook for LGBT activist groups and other interested members of the gay community. --Boston Globe In the age of Twitter and reductive history, we need a complex, fully realized, radical reassessment of history--and A Queer History of the United States is exactly that. Along the way, there are enough revelations and reassessments to fuel dozens of arguments about how we got to where we are today. I don't know when I have enjoyed a history so much. --Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina Bronski has that rare ability to comprehensively synthesize a large body of material without simplifying or distorting it, taking as much care with historical evidence as with the shifts in language necessary to accurately understand it. --Martin Duberman, Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus, City University of New York This book is a revelation. Its lively and engaging narrative peels back layers of cultural interconnection--from the creation of corn flakes to curb masturbation to Bette Midler's rise to stardom that started at a gay bathhouse--and much more. Bronski has a Zinn-like grasp of the ties that bind us all together and how to illuminate them on the page. --Jewelle Gomez, activist and author of The Gilda Stories Bronski demonstrates with wit, insight, and impeccable scholarship that queer lives are, and always have been, woven into the very fabric of this country. Readable, radical, and smart--a must read. --Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home Elegant, insightfully selective, and unremittingly intelligent, Bronski's survey--of the whys and the ways queer people's work and struggle have been integral in forming what we call 'the United States of America'--is an impressive and useful overview. --Samuel R. Delany, author of Times Square Red, Times Square Blue A savvy political, legal, literary (and even fashion) history, Bronski's narrative is as intellectually rigorous as it is entertaining. --Publishers Weekly, starred review Bronski does a stunning job of sweeping across five hundred years and weaving 'queer' through the history of this nation. Always insightful, and provocative. --John D'Emilio, author of Lost Prophet [A] monumental achievement. --The Bay Area Reporter
Readers will find a straightforward, documented, nonsensational celebration of the contributions of LGBTQ people in the US . . . No previous knowledge is assumed: definitions are provided, context is established, and quaint contemporary mores are explained . . . Above all, there is continuous reassurance that the definition of 'normal' has always been in flux, that numerous LGBTQ people have been important figures in American history, and that young LGBTQ people of today will make crucial contributions to future queer history. --Booklist, Starred Review This adaptation for teens of the author's 2012 Stonewall Award-winning A Queer History of the United States is doubly valuable; it serves well as a general read and fills a clear curricular need. Each carefully selected profile bolsters the case for queer leadership and activism as a driving force of progress. --School Library Journal, Starred Review Alongside watershed moments like the 1969 Stonewall uprising and the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 1990s, the text brings to light less well-known people, places, and events: the 1625 free love colony of Merrymount, transgender Civil War hero Albert D. J. Cashier, and the 1951 founding of the Mattachine Society, to name a few. --Kirkus Reviews Readers seeking role models from the past will find an edifying resource and invitation for further exploration into untold stories. --Publishers Weekly Bronski's A Queer History of the United States for Young People is a necessary, comprehensive, and accessible primer for queer history. In a political climate that seeks to disappear LGBTQ people and our contributions to society, it's more important than ever to cultivate a relationship with our queer past. Taking guidance from the LGBTQ forebears profiled in this book gives us permission to imagine otherwise and strive beyond the status quo. --Alok Vaid-Menon, gender non-conforming artist and author of Femme in Public It's no easy task to craft a nuanced story of queer history for young readers, but Michael Bronski and Richie Chevat have pulled it off. Weaving together stories of diverse historical and contemporary figures, this book peoples the queer past and present, with hope for the future. --Leila J. Rupp, author of Understanding and Teaching U.S. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History This volume is both timely and timeless: a deep, scholarly dive into our history. It should sit at the table next to Zinn's People's History--required, essential reading for all people. --Saundra Mitchell, editor of All Out and Out Now, and author of All the Things We Do in the Dark
Author Information
Michael Bronski is Professor of the Practice in Activism and Media in the Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality at Harvard University. He has written extensively on LGBT issues for four decades, in both mainstream and queer publications including The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Advocate, Boston Review, Lambda Book Report, Z, and The Nation. Richie Chevat writes fiction and nonfiction for adults and children. His adaptations for young readers include Our Choice by Al Gore and The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. He lives in New Jersey.
