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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Haworth gay & lesbian studiesPublication details: New York : Harrington Park Press, c2006.Description: xxi, 586 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1560231866
  • 9781560231868
  • 1560231874
  • 9781560231875
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.76/6092 B 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ75.8.C34 S43 2006
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.
Awards:
  • Lambda Literary Award, 2006: Nonfiction.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Stonewall Non-Fiction HQ 75.8 SEA 2006 1 Available 15602318741

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Lambda Literary Award, 2006: Nonfiction.

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