{"product_id":"coming-together-ryan-powell-9780226634371","title":"Coming Together: The Cinematic Elaboration of Gay Male Life, 1945-1979","description":"In \u003ci\u003eComing Together\u003c\/i\u003e, Ryan Powell captures the social and political vitality of the first wave of movies made by, for, and about male-desiring men in the United States between World War II and the 1980s. From the underground films of Kenneth Anger and the Gay Girls Riding Club to the gay liberation-era hardcore films and domestic dramas of Joe Gage and James Bidgood, Powell illuminates how central filmmaking and exhibition were to gay socializing and worldmaking. Unearthing scores of films and a trove of film-related ephemera, \u003ci\u003eComing Together\u003c\/i\u003e persuasively unsettles popular histories that center Stonewall as a ground zero for gay liberation and visibility. Powell asks how this generation of movie-making--which defiantly challenged legal and cultural norms around sexuality and gender--provided, and may still provide, meaningful models for living.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ryan Powell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022663437X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226634371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2020","brand":"Ryan Powell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086420488447,"sku":"9780226634371","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8df410f4-45b6-4013-89e2-24e9f8f4bb40.jpg?v=1769094573","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/coming-together-ryan-powell-9780226634371","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}