Just Queer Folks: Gender and Sexuality in Rural America (Sexuality Studies)
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (983 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1439909989 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Colin R. Johnson is Associate Professor of Gender Studies and Adjunct Associate Professor of American Studies, History, and Human Biology at Indiana University Bloomington.
Munt, Times Higher Education, September 26th 2013"In this splendid book, Johnson teaches us to suspect received wisdom And dispel the notion that in the first half of the 20th century, same-sex intimacy and gender nonconformity were urban specific Johnson proves the worth of rigorous, scholarly interdisciplinary research VERDICT: This complex and original work should be read widely by all readers in its interrelated disciplines." ----Library Journal, September 2013"Johnson's Just Queer Folks expands the repertoire of sources available to historians studying American sexuality and, most importantly, convincingly argues that a queer rural history requires greater attention for its contribution to the development of modern sexual identities, as wel
"Pretty good. More academic than I expected" according to Nacho Daddy. Pretty good. More academic than I expected, but still good. Not so much out there when it comes to rural LGBT people, so glad I found it!
Eschewing the notion that identity is always the best measure of what can be known about gender and sexuality, Colin R. Just Queer Folks explores the seldom-discussed history of same-sex intimacy and gender nonconformity in rural and small-town America during a period when the now familiar concepts of heterosexuality and homosexuality were only just beginning to take shape. Written with wit and verve, Just Queer Folks upsets a whole host of contemporary commonplaces, including the notion that queer history is always urban history. Johnson is Associate Professor of Gender Studies and Adjunct Associate Professor of American Studies, History, and Human Biology at Indiana University, Bloomington.. Most studies of lesbian and gay history focus on urban environments. Colin R. Yet gender and sexual diversity were anything but rare in nonmetropolitan areas in the first half of the twentieth century. In so doing, he uncovers a startlingly unruly rural past in which small-town eccentrics, "mannish" farm women, and cross-dressing Civ