Queer Legacies

Stories from Chicago's Lgbtq Archives

Queer Legacies
John D'Emilio
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29 Sep 2020 US
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9780226727530
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The variety of LGBTQ life in Chicago is too abundant and too diverse to be contained in a single place. But since 1981, the Gerber/Hart Library and Archives has striven to do just that, amassing a wealth of records related to the city' s gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer-identified people and organizations. In Queer Legacies, John D' Emilio-a pioneering scholar in the field-digs deep into Gerber/Hart' s collection to unearth a kaleidoscopic look at the communities built by generations of LGBTQ people. Excavated from one of the country' s most important, yet overlooked, LGBTQ archives, D' Emilio' s entertaining and enthusiastic essays range in focus from politics and culture to social life, academia, and religion. He gives readers an inclusive and personal look at fifty years of a national fight for visibility, recognition, and equality led by LGBTQ Americans who, quite literally, made history. In these troubled times, it will surely inspire a new generation of scholars and activists.
"D' Emilio is an award-winning author and University of Illinois at Chicago professor emeritus who has researched LGBTQ+ history for decades. In Queer Legacies, he turns his focus on stories from the Gerber/Hart Library and Archives, Chicago' s repository for queer history. . . . These inquiries highlight the diversity of activism and experience and are grouped by such themes as religion, lesbian history, and AIDS activism. D' Emilio doesn' t shy away from the passion of short-lived ventures or the ideological conflicts that caused the demise of activist groups. "-- "Booklist" "D' Emilio is a true master of the archive and a writer who brings the past to life as few others do. This guide to Chicago' s queer activist past is a new kind of community history, one that illustrates the possibilities of the historian' s craft and, at the same time, provides a valuable and vibrant guide to one of our most important LGBTQ collections. "-- "Claire Potter, author of Political Junkies: From Talk Radio to Twitter, How Alternative Media Hooked Us on Politics and Broke Our Democracy" "A wonderfully evocative book and an unparalleled look at Chicago' s LGBTQ past. Full of fascinating stories, Queer Legacies gives us a front-row seat to over fifty years of community building and activism. "-- "David K. Johnson, author of The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government" "Reading Queer Legacies is like sitting across the dinner table, spellbound, as D' Emilio spins a tapestry of queer life in Chicago. By the time dessert arrives, you' ve not only learned a lot of history, but also what it' s like to find moving and shocking surprises in dusty archive boxes. D' Emilio has once again worked his magic. "-- "Leila Rupp, author of A Desired Past: A Short History of Same-Sex Love in America"
John D' Emilio is professor emeritus of history and gender and women' s studies at University of Illinois at Chicago. A Guggenheim Fellow and a pioneer in the field of gay and lesbian studies, he is the author, coauthor, or editor of numerous books, including Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities and Intimate Matters, which was cited in Justice Anthony Kennedy' s opinion in Lawrence v. Texas, the 2003 Supreme Court case overturning US anti-sodomy laws. Both are published by the University of Chicago Press.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780226727530
Published: 29 Sep 2020
Published In: United States
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 210mm
Width: 133mm
Pages: 272

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