Product Information
Queer Pulp exposes the history of queer sexuality in mid-twentieth century American paperbacks. Historian Susan Stryker charts the rise of the queer paperback within the context of American pop- and publishing culture, with a peppy and accessible overview of the cultural, political, economic, and sociological factors involved. A diverse lot, queer pulp is most easily broken down in the categories of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender themes. Within those subgenres, the books and authors themselves are accompanied by countless fascinating stories (for example, a former Georgetown University philosophy professor named H. Lynn Womack founded the notorious Guild Press, a major gay porn publishing house that was a prominent First Amendment crusader in the sixties). Featuring the work of such highbrow authors as W. Somerset Maugham and Truman Capote, to the no-brow hacks who worked under several names at once, Queer Pulp is the entertaining and informative introduction to these lost, lurid literary genres.Product Identifiers
PublisherChronicle Books
ISBN-139780811830201
eBay Product ID (ePID)86499372
Product Key Features
Number of Pages128 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameQueer Pulp: Perverted Passions from the Golden Age of the Paperback
Publication Year2001
TypeTextbook
AuthorSusan Stryker
Subject AreaGender Issues
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height254 mm
Item Weight490 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorSusan Stryker