Men Without Maps: Some Gay Males of the Generation Before Stonewall by Ibson, John

Men Without Maps: Some Gay Males of the Generation Before Stonewall

For many men of various sexual inclinations, the Second World War offered an unprecedented release from the...
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Author: John Ibson
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Men Without Maps: Some Gay Males of the Generation Before Stonewall by Ibson, John

Men Without Maps: Some Gay Males of the Generation Before Stonewall

€63,88

Men Without Maps: Some Gay Males of the Generation Before Stonewall

€63,88
Author: John Ibson
Format: Paperback
Language: English
For many men of various sexual inclinations, the Second World War offered an unprecedented release from the constraints of civilian life. However, when they returned home they had to face the harsh realities of a restrictive society. Men Without Maps continues the story of these men, whom John Ibson first gave voice to in The Mourning After. Here he uncovers the experiences of men after World War II who had same-sex desires but few, if any, direct, affirmative models of how to build identities and relationships. Though heterosexual men had plenty of cultural maps--provided by their parents, social institutions, and nearly every engine of popular culture--in the years before Pride parades, social organizations for queer persons, or publications devoted to them, gay men lacked such guides. In his survey of the years from shortly before the war up to the gay rights movement of the late 1960s and early '70s, Ibson considers male couples, who balanced domestic contentment with exterior repression, as well as single men, whose solitary lives illuminate unexplored aspects of the queer experience. Men Without Maps shows how, in spite of the obstacles they faced, midcentury gay men found ways to assemble their lives and senses of self at a time of limited social acceptance.

Author: John Ibson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 10/22/2019
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780226656113


Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2020

About the Author
John Ibson is emeritus professor of American studies at California State University, Fullerton, and author of The Mourning After and Picturing Men, both published by the University of Chicago Press.


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