{"product_id":"long-before-stonewall-thomas-a-foster-9780814727492","title":"Long Before Stonewall: Histories of Same-Sex Sexuality in Early America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2007 Choice Outstanding Academic Title\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City symbolically mark the start of the gay rights movement, individuals came together long before the modern era to express their same-sex romantic and sexual attraction toward one another, and in a myriad of ways. Some reflected on their desires in quiet solitude, while others endured verbal, physical, and legal harassment for publicly expressing homosexual interest through words or actions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLong Before Stonewall\u003c\/b\u003e seeks to uncover the many iterations of same-sex desire in colonial America and the early Republic, as well as to expand the scope of how we define and recognize homosocial behavior. Thomas A. Foster has assembled a pathbreaking, interdisciplinary collection of original and classic essays that explore topics ranging from homoerotic imagery of black men to prison reform to the development of sexual orientations. This collection spans a regional and temporal breadth that stretches from the colonial Southwest to Quaker communities in New England. It also includes a challenge to commonly accepted understandings of the Native American \u003ci\u003eberdache\u003c\/i\u003e. Throughout, connections of race, class, status, and gender are emphasized, exposing the deep foundations on which modern sexual political movements and identities are built.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas A. Foster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814727492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814727492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.93h x 6.28w x 0.97d","brand":"Thomas A. Foster","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926443983103,"sku":"9780814727492","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6209c88e-bd40-4b16-91b8-1a4549640311.jpg?v=1681083115","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/long-before-stonewall-thomas-a-foster-9780814727492","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}