Bibliograph

Behind the mask of the Mattachine, the Hal Call chronicles and the early movement for homosexual emancipation, James T. Sears

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Behind the mask of the Mattachine, the Hal Call chronicles and the early movement for homosexual emancipation, James T. Sears

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Behind the mask of the Mattachine

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

64595919

Responsibility statement

James T. Sears

Series statement

Gay and lesbian studies

Sub title

the Hal Call chronicles and the early movement for homosexual emancipation

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Logos, eros, and psyche -- 1: Relationships. Who was Hal Call? ; The final visit ; In a dream ; Q&A -- 2: Foundations. German roots ; Boyhood ; Egos and eros ; Making contacts ; Three-cornered conversation ; War buddies ; The Fifth Order ; Letters home ; Coming out -- 3: Mattachine (1950-1953). Organizing in the Bay Area ; Cracks in the foundation ; Conventional wisdom ; Chuck and Gerry ; Conflict across the Bay ; On the edge of midnight ; The "unravelment of dreams" ; Q&A II ; Mattachine melee ; Gerry's farewell ; Moments in time -- 4: Sexualities. 1973: Theater of the absurd ; 1964-1965: Our man Flint ; 1954: Pan-Graphic ; 1985: Sexual rebels ; 2000: Harold and Hal ; 1956: Fear and respectability ; 1957: Game of fools ; January 28, 1958: Hal's turn ; 1958: Bitchery-butchery ; 1959: Calling shots, dispelling darkness, going public ; 2006: A candid conversation across gay generations ; 1960: Verboten ; 1960: A house divided ; 1961: The rejected ; 1967: The furtive fraternity ; The mask of desire

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